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Receptors, Kainic Acid

Known as: Receptors, Kainic Acid [Chemical/Ingredient], Receptor, Kainate, Kainic Acid Receptors 
A class of ionotropic glutamate receptors characterized by their affinity for KAINIC ACID.
National Institutes of Health

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GRIK5 protein, humanGluk1 kainate receptorGluk2 kainate receptor

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Glutamate Receptor
In BloodKainic Acidagonistsantagonists & inhibitors

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Presynaptic kainate receptor facilitation of glutamate release involves protein kinase A in the rat hippocampus
We have explored the mechanisms involved in the facilitation of glutamate release mediated by the activation of kainate receptors… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Glutamate Receptors in the Rod Pathway of the Mammalian Retina
Rod bipolar (RB) cells of the mammalian retina release glutamate in a graded, light-dependent fashion from 20 to 40 ribbon… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Kainate Receptors Expressed by a Subpopulation of Developing Nociceptors Rapidly Switch from High to Low Ca2+Permeability
Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons first express kainate receptor subunits, predominantly GluR5, during embryonic development. In… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Kainate receptor‐mediated presynaptic inhibition at the mouse hippocampal mossy fibre synapse
1 The presynaptic action of kainate (KA) receptor activation at the mossy fibre‐CA3 synapse was examined using fluorescence… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Subtype-specific Assembly of α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole Propionic Acid Receptor Subunits Is Mediated by Their N-terminal Domains*
Glutamate receptors (GluR) are oligomeric protein complexes formed by the assembly of four or perhaps five subunits. The rules… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Vagally evoked synaptic currents in the immature rat nucleus tractus solitarii in an intact in vitro preparation
1 Whole‐cell voltage‐clamp recordings in an in vitro brainstem‐cranial nerve explant preparation were used to assess the local… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Syntheses and conformational analyses of glutamate analogs: 2-(2-carboxy-3-substituted-cyclopropyl)glycines as useful probes for excitatory amino acid receptors.
An hypothesis that each subtype of glutamate receptors requires a specific conformation of L-glutamate for its selective… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Influence of excitatory amino acids and ischemia on rat retinal choline acetyltransferase-containing cells.
PURPOSE To compare the effects of glutamate agonists and different types of ischemic insult on choline acetyltransferase (ChAT… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Glutamate receptor subunits at mossy fiber‐unipolar brush cell synapses: Light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical study in cerebellar cortex of rat and cat
The present study provides a survey of the immunolocalization of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits throughout the rat and… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Stimulation of GABA release from retinal horizontal cells by potassium and acidic amino acid agonists
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