Photocontrol of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors: When One Agonist Is Not Enough, Make It Two
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.01.013
Photocontrol of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors: When One Agonist Is Not Enough, Make It Two
Abstract
A current major challenge lies in controlling molecularly defined brain receptor and channel populations to investigate their function in vivo. In this issue of Neuron, Acosta-Ruiz et al. (2020) developed a highly versatile molecular toolkit to efficiently manipulate specific metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes in brain circuits with light.
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Branched Photoswitchable Tethered Ligands Enable Ultra-efficient Optical Control and Detection of G Protein-Coupled Receptors In Vivo.Neuron. 2020 Feb 5;105(3):446-463.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.10.036. Epub 2019 Nov 26. Neuron. 2020. PMID: 31784287 Free PMC article.
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