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Expression of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 isoforms in the substantia nigra pars compacta of the rat.
Neuroscience - 1 Oct 1998
Kosinski C M, Standaert D G, Testa C M, Penney J B, Young A B
Abstract excerpt
Metabotropic glutamate receptors, which are linked via G-proteins to second messenger systems, have been implicated in the physiological regulation of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta as well as in neurodegeneration. Of the eight known metabotropic glutamate receptors, metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 is the most abundant subtype in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Metabotropic...
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