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Table 1. Summary of the Properties of the Widely Used or Recently Developed Caged Glu Probes^a.

caged Glu	ε (λ_max)	ϕ (%Glu yield)	εϕ	2P evoked voltage \|rise time (ms)	pharmacology toward GABA-A	stability in aqueous buffer	solubility (mM) at pH 7.4 in aqueous buffer
CNB¹³⁷	500 (350)	0.14 (100)	60	no 2P current	partial agonist	half-life 17 h RT	>50
MNI^86,87	4300 (330)	0.085 (>95)	357	3.5	strong antagonist at 10 mM	stable	1400
RuBi¹³⁵	5600 (450)	0.13 (NQ)	728	14	50% inhibition at 0.3 mM	stable	NR
PMNB¹³⁸	9900 (317)	0.1 (100)	990	NR	NR	stable	requires 1% DMSO
antMNI¹³⁴	27000 (300)	0.085 (94)	2295	NR	NR	stable	33
BNSF¹³³	64000 (415)	0.25 (65)	16000	NR	NR	NR	0.1
CDNI¹³⁰	6400 (330)	0.6 (100)	3840	NR	mild antagonist at 0.4 mM	stable pH 2	100

Abbreviations and symbols: 2P, two-photon; NQ, not quantified but probably high; NR, not reported; ε, extinction coefficient (M⁻¹ cm⁻¹); λ_max, wavelength maximum of absorption (nm); ϕ, quantum yield of photolysis.

Table 1. Summary of the Properties of the Widely Used or Recently Developed Caged Glu Probesa.

Table 1. Summary of the Properties of the Widely Used or Recently Developed Caged Glu Probes^a.