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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2019

Neuropharmacological Insight from Allosteric Modulation of mGlu Receptors.

Branden J Stansley, P Jeffrey Conn

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The expressions and mFrontiers in genetics · 2026
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  2. Spontaneous glutamate release activates mGluR signaling to drive rapid antidepressant responses.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  18. mGluBiological psychiatry · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Branden J StansleyDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
P Jeffrey ConnDepartment of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. Electronic address: jeffrey.conn@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

REGULATION OF SIGNALING BY MGLUR5R01MH062646 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI P Jeffrey Conn, COLLEEN M NISWENDER · 2001 to 2026
$10.9M
Research Project: Sensory and Multisensory Contributions to AutismU54HD083211 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI DYKENS, ELISABETH MAY · 2015 to 2019
$7.1M
FUNCTIONS OF METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR SUBTYPESR01NS031373 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CONN, P JEFFREY · 1993 to 2025
$6.2M
Discovery of mGlu receptor PAMs for treatment of schizophreniaR01MH119673 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CONN, P JEFFREY · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
Functions of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor SubtypesR37NS031373 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI CONN, P JEFFREY · 2014 to 2020
$3.5M
The therapeutic potential of mGlu3 modulation in MeCP2-related disordersF32MH111124 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI STANSLEY, BRANDEN J · 2016 to 2017
$113k
NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD083211NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH111124NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH062646NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH119673NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS031373NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS031373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors are a family of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that regulate cell physiology throughout the nervous system. The potential of mGlu receptors as therapeutic targets has been bolstered by current research that has provided insight into the diverse modes of mGlu activation and signaling. In particular, the allosteric modulation of mGlu receptors represents a major area of focus in studies of basic pharmacology as well as drug development, largely due to the high subtype specificity achievable by targeting allosteric sites on mGlu receptors. These provide sophisticated regulation of neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission to influence behavioral output. Here, we review how these allosteric mechanisms have been leveraged preclinically to demonstrate the therapeutic potential of allosteric modulators for neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism, cognitive impairment, Parkinson's disease (PD), stress, and schizophrenia.

Indexed as

Drug DevelopmentAllosteric RegulationAllosteric SiteAnimalsHumansMental DisordersReceptors, Metabotropic GlutamateSynaptic TransmissionReceptors, Metabotropic Glutamateallosteric modulatorsCNSdrug discoverymGluneuropsychiatric disordersstimulus bias

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PMID30824180
PMCPMC6445545
OpenAlexW2916149580

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