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- adjective Describing a
neurotransmitter orcell receptor whose action is mediated bymetabolic functions (e.g.enzyme activation )
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Examples
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LY2140023 is designed to stimulate substances in the brain known as metabotropic glutamate receptors, or mGlu for short.
Lilly Tests New Schizophrenia Drug Peter Loftus 2011
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This is particularly true of a subset of slow-acting glutamate receptors called metabotropic receptors, which have a more limited distribution in the nervous system and which are only engaged by particular patterns of neural activity.
Forbes.com: News Vanna Le 2011
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One receptor, called the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 mGluR5, has received particular attention, as it is strongly expressed in key portions of the brain's pleasure circuit.
Forbes.com: News Vanna Le 2011
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The proprietary molecule specifically inhibits a receptor subtype called the metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2) via negative allosteric modulation (NAM).
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The researchers found that rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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ADX10059 is an allosteric inhibitor - a negative allosteric modulator (NAM) - of a glutamate receptor subtype called metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5).
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The new study found rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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In the late 1980s, Bear's research suggested that a cell receptor - called a metabotropic glutamate receptor - plays a critical role in synaptic plasticity.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The researchers found that rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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The researchers found that rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.
Nano Tech Wire 2009
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