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  • adjective Describing a neurotransmitter or cell receptor whose action is mediated by metabolic functions (e.g. enzyme activation)

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Examples

  • LY2140023 is designed to stimulate substances in the brain known as metabotropic glutamate receptors, or mGlu for short.

    Lilly Tests New Schizophrenia Drug Peter Loftus 2011

  • This is particularly true of a subset of slow-acting glutamate receptors called metabotropic receptors, which have a more limited distribution in the nervous system and which are only engaged by particular patterns of neural activity.

    Forbes.com: News Vanna Le 2011

  • One receptor, called the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 mGluR5, has received particular attention, as it is strongly expressed in key portions of the brain's pleasure circuit.

    Forbes.com: News Vanna Le 2011

  • The proprietary molecule specifically inhibits a receptor subtype called the metabotropic glutamate receptor 2 (mGluR2) via negative allosteric modulation (NAM).

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • The researchers found that rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • ADX10059 is an allosteric inhibitor - a negative allosteric modulator (NAM) - of a glutamate receptor subtype called metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5).

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

  • The new study found rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • In the late 1980s, Bear's research suggested that a cell receptor - called a metabotropic glutamate receptor - plays a critical role in synaptic plasticity.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The researchers found that rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • The researchers found that rapid-fire inputs less than a second long initiate a cellular memory process in single cells lasting as long as minute, a process called metabotropic glutamate transmission.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

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