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Exciting Times beyond the Brain: Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Peripheral and Non-Neural Tissues
Marcela Julio-Pieper, Peter J. Flor, Timothy G. Dinan and John F. Cryan
David R. Sibley, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Pharmacological Reviews March 2011, 63 (1) 35-58; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.110.004036
Marcela Julio-Pieper
Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (M.J.-P., T.G.D., J.F.C.), Department of Psychiatry (T.G.D.), Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics (J.F.C.), and School of Pharmacy (J.F.C.), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; and Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (P.J.F.)
Peter J. Flor
Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (M.J.-P., T.G.D., J.F.C.), Department of Psychiatry (T.G.D.), Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics (J.F.C.), and School of Pharmacy (J.F.C.), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; and Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (P.J.F.)
Timothy G. Dinan
Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (M.J.-P., T.G.D., J.F.C.), Department of Psychiatry (T.G.D.), Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics (J.F.C.), and School of Pharmacy (J.F.C.), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; and Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (P.J.F.)
John F. Cryan
Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (M.J.-P., T.G.D., J.F.C.), Department of Psychiatry (T.G.D.), Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics (J.F.C.), and School of Pharmacy (J.F.C.), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; and Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (P.J.F.)
David R. Sibley
Laboratory of Neurogastroenterology, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (M.J.-P., T.G.D., J.F.C.), Department of Psychiatry (T.G.D.), Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics (J.F.C.), and School of Pharmacy (J.F.C.), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; and Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (P.J.F.)
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Exciting Times beyond the Brain: Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Peripheral and Non-Neural Tissues
Marcela Julio-Pieper, Peter J. Flor, Timothy G. Dinan and John F. Cryan
Pharmacological Reviews March 1, 2011, 63 (1) 35-58; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.110.004036
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- Abstract
- I. Introduction
- II. Sources of Peripheral Glutamate in Health and Disease
- III. Evolutionary Aspects of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
- IV. Gastrointestinal Tract: a Multitasking Site for Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
- V. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Renal and Hepatic Function
- VI. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in the Regulation of Endocrine Function
- VII. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors and the Immune Response
- VIII. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Endothelial Function
- IX. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in the Muscloskeletal System: a Role in the Maintenance of Bone Mass
- X. Sensing the World through mGlu Receptors
- XI. Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Commanding Cell Proliferation, Differentiation, and Transformation
- XII. Other Tissues Expressing Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
- XIII. Intracellular Signaling Driven by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Non-Neural Tissues
- XIV. Concluding Remarks
- Authorship Contributions
- Acknowledgments
- Footnotes
- References
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