Metabotropic glutamate receptors /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baskys, Andrius
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : R.G. Landes Co., 1994.
Series:Medical intelligence unit.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Metabotropic glutamate receptor concept
  • Identification of metabotropic glutamate receptors in the brain
  • Stimulation of phosphoinositide hydrolysis
  • Inhibition of phosphoinositide hydrolysis
  • Intracellular Ca²⁺
  • cAMP production
  • Other responses
  • Cloning and expression of metabotropic glutamate receptors
  • Molecular structure
  • Pharmacology, signal transduction and distribution of cloned receptor subtypes in the brain
  • mGluR1α,† and c clones
  • mGluR2 clone
  • mGluR3 clone
  • mGluR4 clone
  • mGluR5 clone
  • mGluR6 clone
  • mGluR7 clone.
  • Metabotropic receptor agonist effects on nerve cell physiology
  • Frequency of neuronal discharges
  • Action potential duration and afterdepolarization
  • Membrane depolarization
  • Afterhyperpolarization and Ca²⁺-dependent K⁺ current (Iahp)
  • Synaptic transmission
  • Synaptic plasticity.