| Literature DB >> 2846328 |
P J Birch1, C J Grossman, A G Hayes.
Abstract
Kynurenate produces an unsurmountable antagonism of the response to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) in the baby rat hemisected spinal cord. This effect is completely reversible and prevented by co-superfusion with D-serine or glycine in the presence of strychnine. In the presence of D-serine kynurenate acts as a weak competitive antagonist. The results suggest that one of the actions of kynurenate is to antagonise NMDA responses via an action at the strychnine-insensitive glycine receptor.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2846328 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(88)90367-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432