Glycine and glycine receptor signaling in hippocampal neurons: diversity, function and regulation

TL Xu, N Gong - Progress in neurobiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Glycine is a primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in the spinal cord and brainstem. It acts at
glycine receptor (GlyR)-chloride channels, as well as a co-agonist of NMDA receptors …

Glycine receptors and brain development

A Avila, L Nguyen, JM Rigo - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Glycine receptors (GlyRs) are ligand-gated chloride ion channels that mediate fast inhibitory
neurotransmission in the spinal cord and the brainstem. There, they are mainly involved in …

Distributed genetic architecture across the hippocampal formation implies common neuropathology across brain disorders

S Bahrami, K Nordengen, AA Shadrin, O Frei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite its major role in complex human functions across the lifespan, most notably
navigation, learning and memory, much of the genetic architecture of the hippocampal …

D-Serine and glycine differentially control neurotransmission during visual cortex critical period

CNJ Meunier, G Dallérac, N Le Roux, S Sacchi… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play a central role in synaptic plasticity. Their
activation requires the binding of both glutamate and d-serine or glycine as co-agonist. The …

Role of glycine receptors in glycine-induced LTD in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

RQ Chen, SH Wang, W Yao, JJ Wang, F Ji… - …, 2011 - nature.com
Glycine in the hippocampus can exert its effect on both synaptic NMDA receptors (NMDARs)
and extrasynaptic functional glycine receptors (GlyRs) via distinct binding sites. Previous …

Glycine receptors control the generation of projection neurons in the developing cerebral cortex

A Avila, PM Vidal, S Tielens, G Morelli… - Cell Death & …, 2014 - nature.com
The development of the cerebral cortex requires coordinated regulation of proliferation,
specification, migration and differentiation of cortical progenitors into functionally integrated …

Glycinergic inhibition in the hippocampus

T Keck, JA White - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2009 - degruyter.com
Glycine and GABA are the two main inhibitory neurotransmitters in the central nervous
system (CNS). While GABA receptors in the hippocampus have been studied in great detail …

GABAA Receptor and Glycine Receptor Activation by Paracrine/Autocrine Release of Endogenous Agonists: More Than a Simple Communication Pathway

H Le-Corronc, JM Rigo, P Branchereau… - Molecular …, 2011 - Springer
It is a common and widely accepted assumption that glycine and GABA are the main
inhibitory transmitters in the central nervous system (CNS). But, in the past 20 years, several …

Sarcosine preconditioning induces ischemic tolerance against global cerebral ischemia

MCX Pinto, F Simão, FLP Da Costa, DV Rosa… - Neuroscience, 2014 - Elsevier
Brain ischemic tolerance is an endogenous protective mechanism activated by a
preconditioning stimulus that is closely related to N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) …

Glycine receptors support excitatory neurotransmitter release in developing mouse visual cortex

PA Kunz, AC Burette, RJ Weinberg… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Key points• Cortical glycine receptors (GlyRs) flux chloride based on a local chloride
gradient set by chloride transporters; this gradient changes with age.• In acute slices from …