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  • noun biochemistry Any salt or ester of kainic acid

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Examples

  • Gu, Q, et al. 17 beta-Estradiol potentiates kainate-induced currents via activation of the cAMP cascade.

    T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010

  • Similar results were found when ghrelin was applied in the presence of the AMPA/kainate antagonist DNQX (6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, 15 µM) plus the GABA Ghrelin changed the excitability of GHRH neurons.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Guillaume Osterstock et al. 2010

  • Glutamatergic systems are also implicated by identification of "druggable" metabotropic 7, GRIK2 kainate and GRIA4 AMPA glutamate receptors, as well as several cell adhesion molecules that are associated with classical synapses.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tomas Drgon et al. 2010

  • Similar results were found when ghrelin was applied in the presence of the AMPA/kainate antagonist DNQX (6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, 15 µM) plus the GABA Ghrelin changed the excitability of GHRH neurons.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2010

  • Ulas J. Satou T, Ivins K. J. K.sslak J. P, C.tman C. W, et al. (2000) Expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 is increased in astrocytes after kainate-induced epileptic seizures.

    PLoS Biology: New Articles Marta Gómez-Gonzalo et al. 2010

  • Kaur G (2005) Neuroprotective potential of dietary restriction against kainate-induced excitotoxicity in adult male Wistar rats.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Pramod K. Dash et al. 2010

  • Physiology and Pharmacology (www. bris.ac.uk/synaptic) to investigate the distribution and molecular organisation of native kainate receptors in the mammalian central nervous system.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Similar results were found when ghrelin was applied in the presence of the AMPA/kainate antagonist DNQX (6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, 15 µM) plus the GABA Ghrelin changed the excitability of GHRH neurons.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Guillaume Osterstock et al. 2010

  • Physiology and Pharmacology (www. bris.ac.uk/synaptic) to investigate the distribution and molecular organisation of native kainate receptors in the mammalian central nervous system.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Raptor Pharmaceutical to present oral AMPA-kainate antagonist data at the neuropathic pain conference

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

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