Optical control of pain in vivo with a photoactive mGlu5 receptor negative allosteric modulator

Light-operated drugs constitute a major target in drug discovery, since they may provide spatiotemporal resolution for the treatment of complex diseases (i.e. chronic pain). JF-NP-26 is an inactive photocaged derivative of the metabotropic glutamate type 5 (mGlu5) receptor negative allosteric modula...

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Main Authors: Joan Font, Marc López-Cano, Serena Notartomaso, Pamela Scarselli, Paola Di Pietro, Roger Bresolí-Obach, Giuseppe Battaglia, Fanny Malhaire, Xavier Rovira, Juanlo Catena, Jesús Giraldo, Jean-Philippe Pin, Víctor Fernández-Dueñas, Cyril Goudet, Santi Nonell, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Amadeu Llebaria, Francisco Ciruela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-04-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/23545