Metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists selectively enhance responses of slowly adapting type I mechanoreceptors

Synapse

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-242

  Cahusac, Peter M B ^a   Senok, Solomon S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

4C3HPG; G protein; In vitro; IP3; LY341495; Mechanogated; Mechanotransduction; Merkel cell; NMDA receptors; Phenylglycines; Synapse; Type II

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; 4 CARBOXY 3 HYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; SLOW ADAPTING RECEPTOR; SLOW ADAPTING RECEPTOR TYPE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HAIR; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MERKEL CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MERKEL CELLS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 32044474676     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20236     Document Type: Article

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