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 …

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 …

NMDA receptor subunits: diversity, development and disease

S Cull-Candy, S Brickley, M Farrant - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2001‏ - Elsevier
N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are present at many excitatory glutamate
synapses in the central nervous system and display unique properties that depend on their …

X-ray structure, symmetry and mechanism of an AMPA-subtype glutamate receptor

AI Sobolevsky, MP Rosconi, E Gouaux - Nature, 2009‏ - nature.com
Ionotropic glutamate receptors mediate most excitatory neurotransmission in the central
nervous system and function by opening a transmembrane ion channel upon binding of …

Molecular basis of NMDA receptor functional diversity

P Paoletti - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
NMDA receptors (NMDARs) form glutamate‐gated ion channels widely expressed in the
central nervous system and highly permeable to calcium ions. NMDARs have always …

NMDA receptor subunits: function and pharmacology

P Paoletti, J Neyton - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2007‏ - Elsevier
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels widely
expressed in the central nervous system that play key roles in excitatory synaptic …

Subunit arrangement and function in NMDA receptors

H Furukawa, SK Singh, R Mancusso, E Gouaux - Nature, 2005‏ - nature.com
Excitatory neurotransmission mediated by NMDA (N-methyl-d-aspartate) receptors is
fundamental to the physiology of the mammalian central nervous system. These receptors …

Role of distinct NMDA receptor subtypes at central synapses

SG Cull-Candy, DN Leszkiewicz - Science's STKE, 2004‏ - science.org
Most excitatory synapses in the brain use the neurotransmitter glutamate to carry impulses
between neurons. During fast transmission, glutamate usually activates a mixture of N …

Ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptor structure and pharmacology

JNC Kew, JA Kemp - Psychopharmacology, 2005‏ - Springer
Rationale l-Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system
(CNS) and mediates its actions via activation of both ionotropic and metabotropic receptor …

NMDA receptors in the central nervous system

KB Hansen, F Yi, RE Perszyk, FS Menniti… - … receptors: Methods and …, 2017‏ - Springer
NMDA-type glutamate receptors are ligand-gated ion channels that mediate a major
component of excitatory neurotransmission in the central nervous system (CNS). They are …