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ArticleNeuropharmacology2017

Modulating synaptic NMDA receptors.

Kenneth R Tovar, Gary L Westbrook

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Article in Neuropharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kenneth R TovarVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, United States. Electronic address: Ken.tovar@lifesci.ucsb.edu.
Gary L WestbrookVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, United States. Electronic address: westbroo@ohsu.edu.

Funding

SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN THE CNSR01NS026494 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI WESTBROOK, GARY L · 1993 to 2009
$3.0M
ENDOGENOUS REGULATORS OF GLUTAMATE ACTIVATED CHANNELSR37MH046613 · NIMH · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI WESTBROOK, GARY L · 1997 to 2007
$2.1M
Synapses and Circuits in the HippocampusR01MH046613 · NIMH · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI WESTBROOK, GARY L · 1990 to 2011
$1.7M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH046613NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH046613NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS026494
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent structural information on ligand-gated glutamate receptors and newly-discovered clinical uses for NMDA receptor antagonists has renewed interest in understanding the mechanisms of drug action at these receptors. Although the voltage-dependence and calcium permeability of NMDA receptors are well-studied, the mechanisms affecting the time course of synaptic NMDA receptor activation may be of more therapeutic value by serving as a rheostat for the total synaptic response. The NMDA receptor-mediated EPSC time course has been thought of as a fixed parameter based simply on receptor subunit composition as variably constrained by anatomical and developmental expression patterns, albeit subject to modification by kinetic behaviors such as modal gating. However, the EPSC time course also can be manipulated by endogenous and exogenous ligands. In this commentary we discuss insights into the in situ composition and kinetic behavior of synaptic NMDA receptors and propose new opportunities to target modulatory sites on NMDA receptors and to develop useful therapeutics. The emerging data on the atomic structure of NMDA receptors and knowledge of the kinetics of native receptors in neurons provide a roadmap in this regard. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Ionotropic glutamate receptors'.

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Excitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsAnimalsBrainExcitatory Amino Acid AgentsGlutamic AcidHumansLigandsModels, MolecularNeuronsProtein BindingReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynapsesExcitatory Amino Acid AgentsGlutamic AcidLigandsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartateglutamate receptorsNeuronsSynapses

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PMID27565459
PMCPMC5075510

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