Structure, function, and pharmacology of glutamate receptor ion channels

KB Hansen, LP Wollmuth, D Bowie, H Furukawa… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many physiologic effects of l-glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian central nervous system, are mediated via signaling by ionotropic glutamate …

Structural and functional architecture of AMPA-type glutamate receptors and their auxiliary proteins

IH Greger, JF Watson, SG Cull-Candy - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are tetrameric ion channels that together with other ionotropic
glutamate receptors (iGluRs), the NMDA and kainate receptors, mediate a majority of …

[HTML][HTML] Nonpeptidergic neurons suppress mast cells via glutamate to maintain skin homeostasis

S Zhang, TN Edwards, VK Chaudhri, J Wu, JA Cohen… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cutaneous mast cells mediate numerous skin inflammatory processes and have anatomical
and functional associations with sensory afferent neurons. We reveal that epidermal nerve …

Activation of NMDA receptors and the mechanism of inhibition by ifenprodil

N Tajima, E Karakas, T Grant, N Simorowski… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The physiology of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors is fundamental to brain
development and function. NMDA receptors are ionotropic glutamate receptors that function …

Precision calcium imaging of dense neural populations via a cell-body-targeted calcium indicator

OA Shemesh, C Linghu, KD Piatkevich, D Goodwin… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Methods for one-photon fluorescent imaging of calcium dynamics can capture the activity of
hundreds of neurons across large fields of view at a low equipment complexity and cost. In …

Structural mechanism of glutamate receptor activation and desensitization

JR Meyerson, J Kumar, S Chittori, P Rao, J Pierson… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Ionotropic glutamate receptors are ligand-gated ion channels that mediate excitatory
synaptic transmission in the vertebrate brain. To gain a better understanding of how …

Ligand-gated ion channels: new insights into neurological disorders and ligand recognition

D Lemoine, R Jiang, A Taly, T Chataigneau… - Chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) mediate intercellular communication
by converting the binding of a neurotransmitter that is released from the presynaptic terminal …

Transsynaptic modulation of kainate receptor functions by C1q-like proteins

K Matsuda, T Budisantoso, N Mitakidis, Y Sugaya… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Postsynaptic kainate-type glutamate receptors (KARs) regulate synaptic network activity
through their slow channel kinetics, most prominently at mossy fiber (MF)-CA3 synapses in …

Structural basis for integration of GluD receptors within synaptic organizer complexes

J Elegheert, W Kakegawa, JE Clay, NF Shanks… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) family members are integrated into supramolecular
complexes that modulate their location and function at excitatory synapses. However, a lack …

Interacting Glutamate Receptor-Like Proteins in Phloem Regulate Lateral Root Initiation in Arabidopsis

ED Vincill, AE Clarin, JN Molenda, EP Spalding - The Plant Cell, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Molecular, genetic, and electrophysiological evidence indicates that at least one of the plant
Glu receptor-like molecules, GLR3. 4, functions as an amino acid–gated Ca2+ channel at …