receptor (also known as the NMDA receptor or NMDAR), is a glutamate receptor and predominantly Ca2+ ion channel found in neurons. The NMDA receptor is...
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NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of drugs that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). They are...
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Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a type of brain inflammation caused by antibodies. Early symptoms may include fever, headache, and feeling tired. This...
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GRIN2B (redirect from NMDA receptor 2B)
Glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit epsilon-2, also known as N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2B (NMDAR2B or NR2B), is a protein that in humans is...
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Olney's lesions (redirect from NMDA Receptor Antagonist Neurotoxicity)
Olney's lesions, also known as NMDA receptor antagonist neurotoxicity (NAT), is a form of brain damage consisting of selective death of neurons but not...
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N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid (redirect from NMDA)
acts at that receptor. Unlike glutamate, NMDA only binds to and regulates the NMDA receptor and has no effect on other glutamate receptors (such as those...
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Ketamine (category NMDA receptor antagonists)
Ketamine is a cyclohexanone-derived general anesthetic and NMDA receptor antagonist with analgesic and hallucinogenic properties, used medically for anesthesia...
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Phencyclidine (redirect from Receptors, phencyclidine)
member of the arylcyclohexylamine class. PCP works primarily as an NMDA receptor antagonist. PCP is most commonly used in the US. While usage peaked...
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Ligand-gated ion channel (redirect from Ionotropic receptor)
acid receptor (also known as AMPA receptor, or quisqualate receptor) is a non-NMDA-type ionotropic transmembrane receptor for glutamate that...
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to NMDA receptor activation, triggering a calcium influx. Through a protein signaling cascade requiring Erk, CaM KII/IV, PI3K, and PLC, NMDA receptor activation...
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glutamate receptors, such as NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate), AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid), and kainate receptors, have distinct...
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Extrasynaptic NMDA receptors are glutamate-gated neurotransmitter receptors that are localized to non-synaptic sites on the neuronal cell surface. In...
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non-NMDA-type receptor, along with the AMPA receptor. KARs are less understood than AMPA and NMDA receptors, the other ionotropic glutamate receptors. Postsynaptic...
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Madness, about her hospitalization with a rare autoimmune disease, anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. She published a second book, The Great Pretender: The...
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Agonist (redirect from Receptor agonist)
acetylcholine receptor and NMDA receptor and their respective agonists. For the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor, which is a G protein-coupled receptor(GPCR)...
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in excessive stimulation of receptors. For example, when glutamate receptors such as the NMDA receptor or AMPA receptor encounter excessive levels of...
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effects of the NMDA glutamate receptor antagonist, ketamine, on working memory by pretreatment with the group II metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist, LY354740...
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from NMDA receptors (the other main ionotropic glutamate receptors in the brain), which also permit calcium influx. Both AMPA and NMDA receptors, however...
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Antidepressant (section NMDA receptor antagonists)
antidepressants and seem to work via blockade of the ionotropic glutamate NMDA receptor. Other NMDA antagonists may also play a role in treating depression. The combination...
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Theory, which depends also on intracellular calcium in relation to NMDA receptor voltage gates, have been developed since the 1980s and modify the traditional...
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NMDA receptor blockage augments antidepressant-like effects of lithium in the mouse forced swimming test, indicating the possible involvement of NMDA...
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Memantine (category NMDA receptor antagonists)
psychosis, and heart failure. It is believed to work by acting on NMDA receptors, working as a pore blocker of these ion channels. Memantine was first...
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NMDA receptor modulators (glutamate modulators) are a new form of antipsychotic that are in Phase II FDA studies. The first compound studied was glycine...
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Amantadine (category NMDA receptor antagonists)
as a sigma σ1 receptor agonist, nicotinic acetylcholine receptor negative allosteric modulator, dopaminergic agent, and weak NMDA receptor antagonist, among...
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Metaplasticity (section NMDA receptors)
NMDA receptors become the control mechanism that dictates how the AMPA and NMDA receptors are to be rearranged. The rearrangement of AMPA and NMDA receptors...
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General anaesthetic (section NMDA receptor antagonists)
diazepam), and barbiturates (sodium thiopental, methohexital). Ketamine, an NMDA receptor antagonist, is used primarily for its analgesic effects and in an off-label...
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non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, other actions Gepirone (Exxua) – 5-HT1A receptor partial agonist and α2-adrenergic receptor antagonist Opipramol...
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Locomotor activity (section NMDA receptor antagonists)
increased. It is induced by certain drugs like psychostimulants and NMDA receptor antagonists and is reversed by certain other drugs like antipsychotics...
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neurotrophin receptors Ephrin receptors Integrins Low Affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor NMDA receptor Several Immune receptors Toll-like receptor T cell...
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LTP induction (section The role of the NMDA receptor)
The induction of NMDA receptor-dependent long-term potentiation (LTP) in chemical synapses in the brain occurs via a fairly straightforward mechanism...
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