The kynurenine pathway and the brain: Challenges, controversies and promises

R Schwarcz, TW Stone - Neuropharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Research on the neurobiology of the kynurenine pathway has suffered years of relative
obscurity because tryptophan degradation, and its involvement in both physiology and major …

Cloning and characterization of chi-1: a developmentally regulated member of a novel class of the ionotropic glutamate receptor family

AM Ciabarra, JM Sullivan, LG Gahn… - Journal of …, 1995 - Soc Neuroscience
Ionotropic glutamate receptors are composed of homomeric or heteromeric configurations of
glutamate receptor subunits. We have cloned a member of a novel class of the rat ionotropic …

Does kynurenic acid act on nicotinic receptors? An assessment of the evidence

TW Stone - Journal of neurochemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As a major metabolite of kynurenine in the oxidative metabolism of tryptophan, kynurenic
acid is of considerable biological and clinical importance as an endogenous antagonist of …

The history of the pharmacology and cloning of ionotropic glutamate receptors and the development of idiosyncratic nomenclature

D Lodge - Neuropharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
In this article, the beginnings of glutamate pharmacology are traced from the early doubts
about 'non-specific'excitatory effects, through glutamate-and aspartate-preferring receptors …

Radioligand binding to the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor/ionophore complex: alterations by ethanol in vitro and by chronic in vivo ethanol ingestion

LD Snell, B Tabakoff, PL Hoffman - Brain research, 1993 - Elsevier
The effects of ethanol on the binding of [3 H] MK-801,[3 H] l-glutamate,[3 H] glycine and [3 H]
CGS 19755 to the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor were determined in membranes from …

Presence of the N‐Methyl‐D‐Aspartate‐Associated Glycine Receptor Agonist, D‐Seine, in Human Temporal Cortex: Comparison of Normal, Parkinson, and …

ML Chouinard, D Gaitan, PL Wood - Journal of neurochemistry, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The amino acid D‐serine (D‐Ser), previously recognized as a pharmacological tool for
potentiating neuronal activity mediated by the N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptor …

The 1980s: d-AP5, LTP and a Decade of NMDA Receptor Discoveries

D Lodge, JC Watkins, ZA Bortolotto, DE Jane… - Neurochemical …, 2019 - Springer
In the 1960s and 70s, biochemical and pharmacological evidence was pointing toward
glutamate as a synaptic transmitter at a number of distinct receptor classes, known as NMDA …

Pharmacological heterogeneity of NMDA receptors: characterization of NR1a/NR2D heteromers expressed in Xenopus oocytes

AL Buller, DT Monaghan - European journal of pharmacology, 1997 - Elsevier
The pharmacology of recombinant NR1a/NR2D NMDA receptors expressed in Xenopus
oocytes was examined and compared to the pharmacology of NR1a/NR2A, NR1a/NR2B …

[图书][B] The ionotropic glutamate receptors

D Monaghan, R Wenthold - 2012 - books.google.com
The Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors provides the first detailed survey of the biochemical,
physiological, and pharmacological properties of recombinant ionotropic glutamate …

Excitatory amino acid receptors, excitotoxicity, and the human nervous system

PJ Shaw - Current Opinion in Neurology, 1993 - journals.lww.com
Glutamate receptors continued to be the subject of intense investigation during 1992. It is
clear that there is great structural and functional diversity within this receptor family, although …