Search Results - "Brown, Patricia M. G. E."
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Design and Synthesis of a Series of l-trans-4-Substituted Prolines as Selective Antagonists for the Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors Including Functional and X‑ray Crystallographic Studies of New Subtype Selective Kainic Acid Receptor Subtype 1 (GluK1) Antagonist (2S,4R)‑4-(2-Carboxyphenoxy)pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic Acid
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (12-01-2017)“…Ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists are valuable tool compounds for studies of neurological pathways in the central nervous system. On the basis of…”
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Single-particle cryo-EM at atomic resolution
Published in Nature (London) (05-11-2020)“…The three-dimensional positions of atoms in protein molecules define their structure and their roles in biological processes. The more precisely atomic…”
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Binding Mode of an α‑Amino Acid-Linked Quinoxaline-2,3-dione Analogue at Glutamate Receptor Subtype GluK1
Published in ACS chemical neuroscience (17-06-2015)“…Two α-amino acid-functionalized quinoxalines, 1a (CNG-10301) and 1b (CNG-10300), of a quinoxaline moiety coupled to an amino acid moiety were designed,…”
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Alternative Splicing of the Flip/Flop Cassette and TARP Auxiliary Subunits Engage in a Privileged Relationship That Fine-Tunes AMPA Receptor Gating
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (19-04-2023)“…Alternative splicing of AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) and allosteric modulation by auxiliary subunits, such as transmembrane AMPAR regulatory proteins…”
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Stargazin and cornichon-3 relieve polyamine block of AMPA receptors by enhancing blocker permeation
Published in The Journal of general physiology (02-01-2018)“…Most ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels assemble as signaling complexes consisting of pore-forming and auxiliary subunits. In the mammalian brain,…”
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Functional Validation of Heteromeric Kainate Receptor Models
Published in Biophysical journal (21-11-2017)“…Kainate receptors require the presence of external ions for gating. Most work thus far has been performed on homomeric GluK2 but, in vivo, kainate receptors…”
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Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species regulate the strength of inhibitory GABA-mediated synaptic transmission
Published in Nature communications (01-01-2014)“…Neuronal communication imposes a heavy metabolic burden in maintaining ionic gradients essential for action potential firing and synaptic signalling. Although…”
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Kainate receptor pore‐forming and auxiliary subunits regulate channel block by a novel mechanism
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-04-2016)“…Key points Kainate receptor heteromerization and auxiliary subunits, Neto1 and Neto2, attenuate polyamine ion‐channel block by facilitating blocker permeation…”
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α6-Containing GABAA Receptors Are the Principal Mediators of Inhibitory Synapse Strengthening by Insulin in Cerebellar Granule Cells
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (01-07-2015)“…Activity-dependent strengthening of central synapses is a key factor driving neuronal circuit behavior in the vertebrate CNS. At fast inhibitory synapses,…”
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Architecture and structural dynamics of the heteromeric GluK2/K5 kainate receptor
Published in eLife (16-03-2021)“…Kainate receptors (KARs) are L-glutamate-gated ion channels that regulate synaptic transmission and modulate neuronal circuits. KARs have strict assembly rules…”
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Hydrogen peroxide increases GABAA receptor-mediated tonic current in hippocampal neurons
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (06-08-2014)“…Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a key reactive oxygen species, is produced at low levels during normal cellular metabolism and at higher concentrations under…”
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Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species regulate the strength of inhibitory GABA-mediated synaptic transmission
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Functional Characterization of AMPA and Kainate Receptor Gating Properties
Published 01-01-2016“…Ionotropic glutamate receptors (iGluRs) mediate the majority of fast excitatory neurotransmission in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). While…”
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