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A novel selective muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype 1 antagonist reduces seizures without impairing hippocampus-dependent learning

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A selective allosteric potentiator of the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor increases activity of medial prefrontal cortical neurons and restores impairments in reversal learning

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A selective positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 blocks a hallucinogenic drug model of psychosis

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Activation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 7 Is Required for Induction of Long-Term Potentiation at SC-CA1 Synapses in the Hippocampus

scientific article published on May 2015

Activation of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors induces long-term depression of excitatory synaptic transmission in the substantia nigra pars reticulata

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

Activity-dependent bidirectional modification of inhibitory synaptic transmission in rat subthalamic neurons.

scientific article published in July 2006

Allosteric activation of M4 muscarinic receptors improve behavioral and physiological alterations in early symptomatic YAC128 mice.

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An allosteric potentiator of M4 mAChR modulates hippocampal synaptic transmission

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Antipsychotic-like Effects of M4 Positive Allosteric Modulators Are Mediated by CB2 Receptor-Dependent Inhibition of Dopamine Release

scientific article published on 3 September 2016

Biased M1 receptor-positive allosteric modulators reveal role of phospholipase D in M1-dependent rodent cortical plasticity

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Biased mGlu5-Positive Allosteric Modulators Provide In Vivo Efficacy without Potentiating mGlu5 Modulation of NMDAR Currents

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Biotransformation of a novel positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 contributes to seizure-like adverse events in rats involving a receptor agonism-dependent mechanism

scientific article published on 02 July 2013

Cholinergic Projections to the Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata Inhibit Dopamine Modulation of Basal Ganglia through the M4 Muscarinic Receptor

scientific article published in December 2017

Co-Activation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 3 and Beta-Adrenergic Receptors Modulates Cyclic-AMP, Long-Term Potentiation, and Disrupts Memory Reconsolidation

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Development of Novel, CNS Penetrant Positive Allosteric Modulators for the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 1 (mGlu1), Based on an N-(3-Chloro-4-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)phenyl)-3-methylfuran-2-carboxamide Scaffold, That Potentiate Wild Type

scientific article published in October 2015

Development of a highly selective, orally bioavailable and CNS penetrant M1 agonist derived from the MLPCN probe ML071.

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Discovery and characterization of novel subtype-selective allosteric agonists for the investigation of M(1) receptor function in the central nervous system

scientific article published on January 2010

Discovery, characterization, and antiparkinsonian effect of novel positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 4.

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Effects of amygdala lesions on reflex facilitation and conditioned response acquisition during nictitating membrane response conditioning in rabbit

scientific article published on April 1, 1992

Exploration of allosteric agonism structure-activity relationships within an acetylene series of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5) positive allosteric modulators (PAMs): discovery of 5-((3-fluorophenyl)ethynyl)-N-(3-methyloxetan-3-yl)picolin

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Functional impact of allosteric agonist activity of selective positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 in regulating central nervous system function.

scientific article published on 21 October 2011

Identification of positive allosteric modulators VU0155094 (ML397) and VU0422288 (ML396) reveals new insights into the biology of metabotropic glutamate receptor 7

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M-positive allosteric modulators lacking agonist activity provide the optimal profile for enhancing cognition

M1 muscarinic activation induces long-lasting increase in intrinsic excitability of striatal projection neurons

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

M4 mAChR-mediated modulation of glutamatergic transmission at corticostriatal synapses

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M5 receptor activation produces opposing physiological outcomes in dopamine neurons depending on the receptor's location

scientific article published on February 2014

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 3 activation is required for long-term depression in medial prefrontal cortex and fear extinction

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Metabotropic glutamate receptors mGluR4 and mGluR8 regulate transmission in the lateral olfactory tract-piriform cortex synapse.

scientific article published on 29 June 2008

Modulation of excitatory synaptic transmission by endogenous glutamate acting on presynaptic group II mGluRs in rat substantia nigra compacta.

scientific article published on December 2005

Modulation of spontaneous firing in rat subthalamic neurons by 5-HT receptor subtypes.

scientific article published on March 2005

Novel allosteric agonists of M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors induce brain region-specific responses that correspond with behavioral effects in animal models

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Novel selective allosteric activator of the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor regulates amyloid processing and produces antipsychotic-like activity in rats.

scientific article published on October 2008

Role of mGlu5 Receptors and Inhibitory Neurotransmission in M1 Dependent Muscarinic LTD in the Prefrontal Cortex: Implications in Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 5 July 2017

Roles of the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype in the regulation of basal ganglia function and implications for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.

scientific article published on December 2011

The Discovery and Characterization of ML218: A Novel, Centrally Active T-Type Calcium Channel Inhibitor with Robust Effects in STN Neurons and in a Rodent Model of Parkinson's Disease.

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The Role of mGlu Receptors in Hippocampal Plasticity Deficits in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders: Implications for Allosteric Modulators as Novel Therapeutic Strategies

scientific article published on January 2016

Towards the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: Discovery and development of novel subtype-specific M1 allosteric agonists

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Unique signaling profiles of positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 determine differences in in vivo activity

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VU0477573: Partial Negative Allosteric Modulator of the Subtype 5 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor with In Vivo Efficacy

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mGlu5 Positive Allosteric Modulators Facilitate Long-Term Potentiation via Disinhibition Mediated by mGlu5-Endocannabinoid Signaling

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

mGlu7 potentiation rescues cognitive, social, and respiratory phenotypes in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.

scientific article published in August 2017

mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators facilitate both hippocampal LTP and LTD and enhance spatial learning

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