Structure, function, and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ion channels

KB Hansen, LP Wollmuth, D Bowie, H Furukawa… - Pharmacological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Many physiologic effects of l-glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian central nervous system, are mediated via signaling by ionotropic glutamate …

The role of NMDA receptors in Alzheimer's disease

J Liu, L Chang, Y Song, H Li, Y Wu - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), early synaptic dysfunction is associated with the increased
oligomeric amyloid-beta peptide, which causes NMDAR-dependent synaptic depression …

Glutamate receptor ion channels: structure, regulation, and function

SF Traynelis, LP Wollmuth, CJ McBain, FS Menniti… - Pharmacological …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The mammalian ionotropic glutamate receptor family encodes 18 gene products that
coassemble to form ligand-gated ion channels containing an agonist recognition site, a …

Calcium-permeable ion channels in pain signaling

E Bourinet, C Altier, ME Hildebrand… - Physiological …, 2014‏ - journals.physiology.org
The detection and processing of painful stimuli in afferent sensory neurons is critically
dependent on a wide range of different types of voltage-and ligand-gated ion channels …

The role of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in pain: a review

AB Petrenko, T Yamakura, H Baba… - Anesthesia & …, 2003‏ - journals.lww.com
There is accumulating evidence to implicate the importance of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)
receptors to the induction and maintenance of central sensitization during pain states …

Memantine: a NMDA receptor antagonist that improves memory by restoration of homeostasis in the glutamatergic system-too little activation is bad, too much is even …

CG Parsons, A Stöffler, W Danysz - Neuropharmacology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
The neurotransmitter glutamate activates several classes of metabotropic receptor and three
major types of ionotropic receptor–α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid …

The role of excitotoxicity in neurodegenerative disease: implications for therapy

A Doble - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 1999‏ - Elsevier
Glutamic acid is the principal excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous
system. Glutamic acid binds to a variety of excitatory amino acid receptors, which are ligand …

Excitatory glycine receptors containing the NR3 family of NMDA receptor subunits

JE Chatterton, M Awobuluyi, LS Premkumar… - Nature, 2002‏ - nature.com
The N-methyl-d-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor (NMDAR) serves critical functions
in physiological and pathological processes in the central nervous system, including …

Increased excitotoxicity and neuroinflammatory markers in postmortem frontal cortex from bipolar disorder patients

JS Rao, GJ Harry, SI Rapoport, HW Kim - Molecular psychiatry, 2010‏ - nature.com
Reports of cognitive decline, symptom worsening and brain atrophy in bipolar disorder (BD)
suggest that the disease progresses over time. The worsening neuropathology may involve …

Hypoxia–ischemia in the immature brain

SJ Vannucci, H Hagberg - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2004‏ - journals.biologists.com
The immature brain has long been considered to be resistant to the damaging effects of
hypoxia and hypoxia–ischemia (H/I). However, it is now appreciated that there are specific …