A highly selective antagonist for the mGlu5
metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype; displays an IC50 value of
0.4 μMat hmGlu5 compared with > 30 μM at hmGlu1b, hmGlu2, hmGlu4,
hmGlu6, hmGlu7 and hmGlu8.
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highly selective antagonists at metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5.
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