Society for Neuroscience--28th annual meeting. Glutamate receptors. 7-12 November 1998, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
This meeting, stretching over 5 days with approximately 24,000 registrants, had approximately 13,000 oral and poster presentations covering all areas of neuroscience. This review focuses on a selection of new developments in the field of glutamate receptors. This area is receiving considerable attention from research groups in both academic and industrial establishments, and it is notable that many efforts are collaborative between workers from these different types of establishment. Glutamate receptors (GluR) can be classified as ionotropic (iGluR) or metabotropic (mGluR) receptors. Amongst the ionotropic receptors are the NMDA receptors, AMPA receptors and kainate receptors, whilst there are eight subtypes of mGluRs which can be placed into three groups on the basis of sequence homology, pharmacology and intracellular transduction mechanism.
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Department of Visual Science, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, EC1V 9EL, UK. T.SALT@UCLAC.UK