Synthesis and pharmacological characterization of aminocyclopentanetricarboxylic acids: New tools to discriminate between metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 3119-3129

  Acher, Francine C ^a   Tellier, Frédérique J ^a,c   Azerad, Robert ^a   Brabet, Isabelle N ^b   Fagni, Laurent ^b   Pin, Jean R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL GROUP; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; DRUG POTENCY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CYCLOPENTANES; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INOSITOL; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; KINETICS; MICE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0030880688     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm970207b     Document Type: Article

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