Migraine prevention by targeting glutamate receptors?
When migraine strikes, because of severe pain, often accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light and sound, sufferers are effectively disabled for up to 72 hours. Since they are forced to stop what they are doing until the pain and other symptoms subside, migraine causes a significant loss in p...Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. and TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. Announce Merger Agreement
... capable of treating a number of acute and chronic diseases and disorders such as migraine and chronic pain. The company currently has two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist clinical stage product candidates. Further information is available at www.tptxinc.com . FORWARD LOOKING...TorreyPines Announces the Adjournment of Its Special Meeting of Stockholders
...h capable of treating a number of acute and chronic diseases and disorders such as migraine and chronic pain. The company currently has two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist clinical stage product candidates. Further information is available at www.tptxinc.com . This press release contains fo...Variants of 'umami' taste receptor contribute to our individualized flavor worlds
...cially the amino acid L-glutamate. High levels of glutamate are present in many protein-rich foods, including ... taste. The subjects tasted five concentrations of glutamate and rated the umami intensity of each on a scale t...eceptor T1R1-T1R3. Comparing DNA structure to the glutamate taste responses of each individual, they found tha...Animal model for schizophrenia identifies a novel approach for treating cognitive impairments
...ents associated with schizophrenia by enhancing N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors. Functional deficits in NMDA receptors may contribute to the und...h enhances the efficacy of D-serine in an animal model for deficits in NMDA glutamate receptor function. To put it more simply, although D-serine is used as a...Glutamate Identified As Predictor of Disease Progression in Multiple Sclerosis
...rosis patients. The study is the first to measure glutamate toxicity in the brain over time and suggests an im...t of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging , to measure glutamate levels in clinical trial patients. The technique ...peutic drug development, the identification of the glutamate pathway for MS suggests a new way for clinicians t...ADHD Genes Found; Known to Play Roles in Neurodevelopment
...D. Another deletion occurred in a gene for a glutamate receptor. glutamate is a neurotransmitter, a protein that carries sign...this new finding may suggest an important role for glutamate as well, at least for some ADHD patients. "As...Eisai's Commitment to Oncology Demonstrated by Clinical Data to be Presented at ASCO Annual Meeting
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...stimulation. They found that while the NMDA receptor is required to begin neural strengthening, a second neurotransmitter receptor -- the metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptor -- comes into play after this first phase of cellular learning. Using an NMDA antagonist to block NMDA receptors after the initiation ...Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition
...se release is reduced. In the case of DSI, the result is a reduction in inhibitory GABA release, while in DSE the effect is a reduction in excitatory glutamate release. DSE was also found to occur in other regions of the brain, however the evidence for the involvement of the endocannabinoid receptor CB1 in t...Treating chronic pain, migraine & muscle spasticity through inhibition of neurotransmitter glutamate
LA JOLLA, CA, June 20, 2008 A Webinar hosted by TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTX) at 11 a.m. EDT on June 25 will bring together industry experts to discuss the opportunity of treating chronic pain, migraine and muscle spasticity through the inhibition of the neurotransmitter glutamat...Short stressful events may improve working memory
...ess increases transmission of the neurotransmitter glutamate and improves working memory. "Stress hormones ...n working memory, a cognitive process depending on glutamate receptor-mediated excitatory signals in prefrontal...cules that link acute stress to the enhancement of glutamate receptors and working memory. "In addition," no...Protein identified as critical to insulating the body's wiring could also become treatment target
...nsmitter. In 2000, the researchers showed the pair also are at excitatory synapses, communication points between neurons where the neurotransmitter glutamate excites cells to action. Here, neuregulin-1 and ErbB4 suppress excitation. These findings have implications for conditions such as schizophrenia an...Cell's split personality is a major discovery into neurological diseases
...tem (CNS). Diseases that occur as a result of high glutamate levels include hypoxicischemic brain injury (strok...ars, the main explanation for the toxic effects of glutamate is that it overexcites neuronal cells via activation of glutamate receptors and thereby kills them. "The most in...Research uncovers promising target to treat chronic abdominal pain
... found that a high level of EAAT2 appears to force glutamate into cells, preventing it from interacting with re...out where these key interactions between EAAT2 and glutamate occur. glutamate is present throughout the body, but Stephens and c...Rice University study finds possible clues to epilepsy, autism
...ett discovered an unanticipated connection between glutamate an amino acid and neurotransmitter in much of the...nclude neurofibromatosis, and that a mutation in a glutamate receptor gene common to both the fruit fly and hum...sm. Howlett found the Drosophila's metabotropic glutamate receptor (DmGluRA) gene, when mutated, increased t...House Ear Institute, TGen and Belgian researchers identify gene in age-related hearing loss
..., which the research team believes may be associated with susceptibility to glutamate excitotoxicity and hearing loss. It is the overexpression of glutamate that causes damage to the inner and outer hair cells in the inner ear leadi...Pitt research identifies new target in brain for treating schizophrenia
...oun, Moghaddam first established that dopamine and glutamate could, separately, produce schizophrenia-like symp...t Yale Universityhave shown that under-functioning glutamate receptors known as NMDA receptors can produce schi...opamineand new experimental drugs that work on the glutamate system. They found that both medications normalize...Swamping bad cells with good in ALS animal models helps sustain breathing
...d in their ability to clear away the neurotransmitter glutamate. And excess glutamate - common in ALS - overstimulates the motor neurons that spark muscle moveme... Transplanting alternate GRPs - those that the team engineered to lack glutamate transporters - offered none of the protective properties. "Our findings ...Astrocytes and synaptic plasticity
...t in neuronal transmission, have recently been implicated in long-term modulation of neuronal synapses. For example, they release the neurotransmitter glutamate into the synapse prompting LTP. By specifically mopping up pro-BDNF, astrocytes seem to have another means to assist in LTP. However, while it's likel...SENOMYX ANNOUNCES CORPORATE UPDATE AND SECOND QUARTER 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS
...gram Updates: - Savory Enhancer Program: The primary applications of the Company's savory flavor ingredients are to reduce or replace monosodium glutamate (MSG) and to enhance the savory taste of foods by combining Senomyx's savory flavors with other ingredients to create unique new flavors. Nestle is c...TorreyPines Cancels Special Meeting of Stockholders in Order to Pursue Merger Transaction
... capable of treating a number of acute and chronic diseases and disorders such as migraine and chronic pain. The company currently has two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist clinical stage product candidates. Further information is available at www.tptxinc.com . This press release contains...TorreyPines Receives Notice of Delisting from Nasdaq Global Market
... capable of treating a number of acute and chronic diseases and disorders such as migraine and chronic pain. The company currently has two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist clinical stage product candidates. Further information is available at www.tptxinc.com . This press release contains...SENOMYX ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS
...gram Updates: - Savory Enhancer Program: The primary applications of the Company's savory flavor ingredients are to reduce or replace monosodium glutamate (MSG) and to enhance the savory taste of foods by combining Senomyx's savory flavors with other ingredients to create unique new flavors. Nestle is c...TorreyPines Therapeutics Reports First Quarter 2009 Financial Results
...disorders such as migraine, acute and chronic pain, and xerostomia. The company currently has three clinical stage product candidates: two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists and one muscarinic receptor agonist. Further information is available at www.tptxinc.com . This press release contains for...Stockholder Suits Related to TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. Dismissed
...eases and disorders such as migraine, chronic pain, and xerostomia. The company currently has three clinical stage product candidates: two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists and one muscarinic receptor agonist. Further information is available at www.tptxinc.com . This press release conta...TorreyPines Therapeutics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Results
...disorders such as migraine, acute and chronic pain, and xerostomia. The company currently has three clinical stage product candidates: two ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonists and one muscarinic receptor agonist. Further information is available at www.tptxinc.com . This press release conta...Mouse Anti-Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2 (VGLUT2) Antibody, Unconjugated from CHEMICON
Description: Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2 [VGLUT2]...Rabbit Anti-Glutamate receptor 1, phospho (Ser845) Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from GeneTex
Description:... Polyclonal Phosphorylated Anti-GluR1 glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the bra...e fast excitatory synaptic transmission. Recently, glutamate has been shown to regulate enzymes producing secon...-proteins. These receptors are called metabotropic glutamate receptors. In expression systems, Group-I receptor...Rabbit Anti-GluR4 Antibody, Unconjugated from Lab Vision
Description:... glutamate receptors constitute the principal excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in brain. Two classes of glutamate receptors exist: Ionotropic receptors, and metabotropic receptors. Ionotropic glutamate receptors are oligomeric complexes of various subu...Mouse Anti-Human GRID2 Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Novus Biologicals
Description:... Mouse polyclonal antibody to GRID2 - glutamate receptor, ionotropic, delta 2...