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ReviewTranslational psychiatry2022

Targeting NMDA receptors in neuropsychiatric disorders by drug screening on human neurons derived from pluripotent stem cells.

Wenbo Zhang, P Joel Ross, James Ellis, Michael W Salter

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Review in Translational psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Rewiring the Spine-Cutting-Edge Stem Cell Therapies for Spinal Cord Repair.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. NMDARs in Alzheimer's Disease: Between Synaptic and Extrasynaptic Membranes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  17. Targeting NMDA Receptor Complex in Management of Epilepsy.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenbo ZhangProgram in Neurosciences & Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
P Joel RossBiology Department, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7105-7117
James EllisProgram in Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4400-0091
Michael W SalterProgram in Neurosciences & Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada. mike.salter@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0001-6897-6585
University of Toronto · CAUniversity of Prince Edward Island · CA

Funding

CIHR EPS-129129CIHR FDN-154336CIHR MOP-133423
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NMDA receptors (NMDARs), a prominent subtype of glutamatergic receptors, are implicated in the pathogenesis and development of neuropsychiatric disorders such as epilepsy, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and schizophrenia, and are therefore a potential therapeutic target in treating these disorders. Neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have provided the opportunity to investigate human NMDARs in their native environment. In this review, we describe the expression, function, and regulation of NMDARs in human iPSC-derived neurons and discuss approaches for utilizing human neurons for identifying potential drugs that target NMDARs in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. A challenge in studying NMDARs in human iPSC-derived neurons is a predominance of those receptors containing the GluN2B subunit and low synaptic expression, suggesting a relatively immature phenotype of these neurons and delayed development of functional NMDARs. We outline potential approaches for improving neuronal maturation of human iPSC-derived neurons and accelerating the functional expression of NMDARs. Acceleration of functional expression of NMDARs in human iPSC-derived neurons will improve the modeling of neuropsychiatric disorders and facilitate the discovery and development of novel therapeutics targeting NMDARs for the treatment of these disorders.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHumansNeuronsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

Identifiers

PMID35680847
PMCPMC9184461
OpenAlexW4281722675

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