title: Molecular pharmacology and therapeutic prospects of metabotropic glutamate receptor allosteric modulators.
abstract: The metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) consist of a family of eight G-protein-coupled receptors that differ in their function, distribution and physiological roles within the central nervous system. In recent years substantial efforts have been made towards developing selective agonists and antagonists which have proven useful for elucidating their potential as novel targets for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological diseases. In the present review we will provide an update of the recent developments of functional allosteric modulators of the mGluR family and explore their therapeutic potential for anxiety/depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy/stroke, pain and Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.
authors.affiliation: H. Lundbeck A/S, Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Valby, Denmark.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ritzén
authors.forename: Jesper Mosolff
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mathiesen
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thomsen
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate