Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Inhibition of NMDA receptors through a membrane-to-channel path

  • Madeleine R. Wilcox,
  • Aparna Nigam,
  • Nathan G. Glasgow,
  • Chamali Narangoda,
  • Matthew B. Phillips,
  • Dhilon S. Patel,
  • Samaneh Mesbahi-Vasey,
  • Andreea L. Turcu,
  • Santiago Vázquez,
  • Maria G. Kurnikova,
  • Jon W. Johnson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31817-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Wilcox et al. (2022) show that NMDA receptor channel blockers, some of which are clinically important drugs, can access their binding site via 2 routes: a well-known path from the extracellular solution, and another path through the plasma membrane.