The Relevance of Group II Glutamate Receptors Expression to Anxiety

Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 2016;26(3):247-55. doi: 10.1615/CritRevEukaryotGeneExpr.2016016656.

Abstract

The interface of receptor-mediated regulation of cellular signaling and neurological outputs remains an active field of investigation. The metabotropic G protein-coupled glutamate receptors, and in particular, the group II cyclic adenosine mono-phosphate (cAMP)-lowering metabotropic glutamate receptors 2 and 3 (mGlu2/3 glutamate receptors), have gained interest as therapeutic targets in different forms of neurological disorders. This review explores mGlu2/3 glutamate receptors expression, pharmacological activation, and signaling links to anxiety, as assessed in animal models and in clinical trials.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anxiety / genetics
  • Anxiety / metabolism*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Humans
  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / genetics*
  • Signal Transduction

Substances

  • Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate