The inner workings of the AMPA receptors

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 741-748

  Madden, Dean R ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binding site stereochemistry; Ionotropic glutamate receptor activation; Ionotropic glutamate receptors; Ligand gated ion channels; Protein conformational changes; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; DEXTRO SERINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIGANDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, AMPA;

EID: 0036771230     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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