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Exaggerated responses to chronic nociceptive stimuli and enhancement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in mutant mice lacking D-amino-acid oxidase.

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The present observations provide another line of evidence that D-serine functions as an endogenous coagonist at the glycine site of NMDA receptors, and raise the possibility that D -amino-acid oxidase exerts a neuromodulatory function by controlling the concentration of D- Serine in the central nervous system.
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This article is published in Neuroscience Letters.The article was published on 2001-01-05. It has received 86 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: NMDA receptor & Neurotransmission.

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Molecular mechanisms of schizophrenia.

TL;DR: Molecular findings suggest that a complex interplay between receptors, kinases, proteins and hormones is involved in schizophrenia and in a unifying hypothesis, different cascades merge into another that ultimately lead to the development of symptoms adherent to schizophrenic disorders.
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Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is associated with a mutation in D-amino acid oxidase

TL;DR: A unique mutation in the D-amino acid oxidase gene (R199W DAO) associated with classical adult onset familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS) in a three generational FALS kindred is reported, after candidate gene screening in a 14.52 cM region on chromosome 12q22-23 linked to disease.
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D-amino acids in the central nervous system in health and disease.

TL;DR: The presence and important roles of d-amino acids in higher organisms do not only challenge former theories on mammalian physiology, but also contribute to exciting new insights in human disease.
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D-serine augments NMDA-NR2B receptor-dependent hippocampal long-term depression and spatial reversal learning.

TL;DR: D-serine may enhance a form of hippocampal NR2B-dependent LTD that contributes to spatial reversal learning, which could improve cognitive flexibility in psychiatric disorders characterized by perseveration of aberrant ideation or behaviors.
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Glycine potentiates the NMDA response in cultured mouse brain neurons

TL;DR: G glycine may facilitate excitatory transmission in the brain through an allosteric activation of the NMDA receptor, and can be observed in outside-out patches as an increase in the frequency of opening of the channels activated by NMDA agonists.
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Requirement for glycine in activation of NMDA-receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes

TL;DR: In voltage-clamped oocytes, neither perfusion nor rapid pressure application of NMDA onto messenger RNA-injected oocytes caused a distinct ionic current without added glycine, but when glycine was added, NMDA evoked large inward currents.
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d-Serine is an endogenous ligand for the glycine site of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor

TL;DR: D-serine is an endogenous modulator of the glycine site of NMDA receptors and fully occupies this site at some functional synapses and greatly attenuates NMDA receptor-mediated neurotransmission as assessed by using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings or indirectly by using biochemical assays of the sequelae of NMda receptor- mediated calcium flux.
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D-serine, an endogenous synaptic modulator: localization to astrocytes and glutamate-stimulated release.

TL;DR: D-Serine appears to be the endogenous ligand for the glycine site of NMDA receptors, suggesting a mechanism by which astrocyte-derived D-serine could modulate neurotransmission.
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