The glutamate story

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Watkins, Jeffrey C ^a   Jane, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; Ionotropic glutamate receptors; L Glutamate; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; 3 [(2 METHYL 4 THIAZOLYL)ETHYNYL]PYRIDINE; 3 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 4 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALLYL]GLUTAMIC ACID; 4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; 4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; 6 (4 CARBOXYBENZYL) 1,2,3,4,4A,5,6,7,8,8A DECAHYDRO 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DECAHYDRO 6 [2 (1H TETRAZOL 5 YL)ETHYL] 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; EGLUMETAD; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; LAMOTRIGINE; LY 404187; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUINOXALINE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE;

EID: 30444453661     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706444     Document Type: Review

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