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The regulation of NMDA receptors in the central nervous system. 1989

J F MacDonald, and I Mody, and M W Salter, and P Pennefather, and J H Schneiderman
Playfair Neuroscience Unit, University of Toronto, Canada.

1. Excitatory amino acids are major transmitters within the CNS. 2. Postsynaptic receptors for these transmitters, particularly those of the NMDA subtype are important in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. Therefore psychoactive drugs and potentially therapeutic drugs may target these receptors. 3. NMDA receptors can be regulated by competitive antagonists or by dissociative anaesthetics which act as use dependent blockers of the NMDA channel. 4. Alternatively drugs could modify intracellular second messenger systems that control expression of NMDA receptors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007473 Ion Channels Gated, ion-selective glycoproteins that traverse membranes. The stimulus for ION CHANNEL GATING can be due to a variety of stimuli such as LIGANDS, a TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE, mechanical deformation or through INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS. Membrane Channels,Ion Channel,Ionic Channel,Ionic Channels,Membrane Channel,Channel, Ion,Channel, Ionic,Channel, Membrane,Channels, Ion,Channels, Ionic,Channels, Membrane
D002490 Central Nervous System The main information-processing organs of the nervous system, consisting of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges. Cerebrospinal Axis,Axi, Cerebrospinal,Axis, Cerebrospinal,Central Nervous Systems,Cerebrospinal Axi,Nervous System, Central,Nervous Systems, Central,Systems, Central Nervous
D000494 Allosteric Regulation The modification of the reactivity of ENZYMES by the binding of effectors to sites (ALLOSTERIC SITES) on the enzymes other than the substrate BINDING SITES. Regulation, Allosteric,Allosteric Regulations,Regulations, Allosteric
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001667 Binding, Competitive The interaction of two or more substrates or ligands with the same binding site. The displacement of one by the other is used in quantitative and selective affinity measurements. Competitive Binding
D016194 Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate A class of ionotropic glutamate receptors characterized by affinity for N-methyl-D-aspartate. NMDA receptors have an allosteric binding site for glycine which must be occupied for the channel to open efficiently and a site within the channel itself to which magnesium ions bind in a voltage-dependent manner. The positive voltage dependence of channel conductance and the high permeability of the conducting channel to calcium ions (as well as to monovalent cations) are important in excitotoxicity and neuronal plasticity. N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor,N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors,NMDA Receptor,NMDA Receptor-Ionophore Complex,NMDA Receptors,Receptors, NMDA,N-Methylaspartate Receptors,Receptors, N-Methylaspartate,N Methyl D Aspartate Receptor,N Methyl D Aspartate Receptors,N Methylaspartate Receptors,NMDA Receptor Ionophore Complex,Receptor, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate,Receptor, NMDA,Receptors, N Methyl D Aspartate,Receptors, N Methylaspartate
D017981 Receptors, Neurotransmitter Cell surface receptors that bind signalling molecules released by neurons and convert these signals into intracellular changes influencing the behavior of cells. Neurotransmitter is used here in its most general sense, including not only messengers that act to regulate ion channels, but also those which act on second messenger systems and those which may act at a distance from their release sites. Included are receptors for neuromodulators, neuroregulators, neuromediators, and neurohumors, whether or not located at synapses. Neurohumor Receptors,Neuromediator Receptors,Neuromodulator Receptors,Neuroregulator Receptors,Receptors, Neurohumor,Receptors, Synaptic,Synaptic Receptor,Synaptic Receptors,Neuromediator Receptor,Neuromodulator Receptor,Neuroregulator Receptor,Neurotransmitter Receptor,Receptors, Neuromediators,Receptors, Neuromodulators,Receptors, Neuroregulators,Receptors, Neurotransmitters,Neuromediators Receptors,Neuromodulators Receptors,Neuroregulators Receptors,Neurotransmitter Receptors,Neurotransmitters Receptors,Receptor, Neuromediator,Receptor, Neuromodulator,Receptor, Neuroregulator,Receptor, Neurotransmitter,Receptor, Synaptic,Receptors, Neuromediator,Receptors, Neuromodulator,Receptors, Neuroregulator

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