Glutamate Receptors and Genes
Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors
AMPA: GluR1, GluR2, GluR3, GluR4 (GRIA1, GRIA2, GRIA3, GRIA4)
NMDA: NR1, NR2 A-D, NR3 A-B (GRIN1, GRIN2A, GRIN2B, GRIN2C, GRIN2D, GRIN3A)
Kainate: GluR5, GluR6, GluR7, KA1, KA2 (GRIK1, GRIK2, GRIK3, GRIK4, GRIK5)
Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
Group I (excitatory G-protein coupled)
mGluR1 (A-D) (GRM1)
mGluR5 (A-B) (GRM5)
Groups II and III (inhibitory G-protein coupled)
mGluR2 (GRM2)
mGluR3 (GRM3)
mGluR4 (A-B) (GRM4)
mGluR6 (GRM6)
mGluR7 (A-B) (GRM7)
mGluR8 (A-B) (GRM8)

AMPA, -amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid; Glu, glutamate; NMDA, N-methyl-D-aspartate; m, metabotropic; GluRn, glutamate receptor no. n; KA, kainate.