Physiological Roles and Therapeutic Potential of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1003, Issue , 2003, Pages 12-21

  Conn, P Jeffrey ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric potentiator; Glutamate receptor; Metabotropic; mGlu receptor; mGluR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; EGLUMETAD; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 8; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N [4 CHLORO 2 [(1,3 DIOXO 1,3 DIHYDRO 2H ISOINDOL 2YL)METHYL]PHENYL] 2 HYDROXYBENZAMIDE; NORADRENALIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RO 674853; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGONIST; BRAIN METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345830631     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1300.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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