Distribution of GABAA and GABAB receptors in mammalian brain: Potential targets for drug development

AB Young, D Chu - Drug development research, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
GABA is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in mammalian brain. GABA receptors and the
metabolism of GABA are significant targets for new centrally acting drugs to treat …

Gaba

RW Olsen, GD Li - Basic neurochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in
the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). A growing body of evidence suggests a role …

The 'ABC'of GABA receptors: a brief review

M Chebib, GAR Johnston - Clinical and experimental …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
In the mammalian central nervous system, GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter.
GABA is a highly flexible molecule and, thus, can exist in many low‐energy conformations …

[引用][C] Molecular basis of pharmacological heterogeneity of GABAA receptors

W Sieghart - Cellular signalling, 1992 - Elsevier
THE GABA A receptor of mammalian brain is a ligand-gated chloride ion channel and the
target of a variety of pharmacologically and clinically important drugs. Thus …

[图书][B] The GABA receptors

SJ Enna - 2007 - Springer
Abstract γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), an amino acid neurotransmitter, is widely distributed
throughout the neuraxis. Two pharmacologically and molecularly distinct GABA receptors …

GABAB receptors and their significance in mammalian pharmacology

N Bowery - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 1989 - cell.com
Much progress has been made in GABAs receptor pharmacology since the discovery of this
receptor in 1980. Selective agonists and antagonists have been developed and a functional …

An historical perspective on GABAergic drugs

W Froestl - Future medicinal chemistry, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In 1950, γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was discovered in the brain and in 1967 it was
recognized as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. The discovery of the benzodiazepines …

[引用][C] GABAB receptor antagonists: from synthesis to therapeutic applications

H Bittiger, W Froestl, SJ Mickel, HR Olpe - Trends in pharmacological …, 1993 - Elsevier
GABA is the most important inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain. The
physiological role of classical GABA* receptors is well characterized compared to that of the …

Recent advances in GABA research

J Kardos - Neurochemistry international, 1999 - Elsevier
In this article I throw attention on to this GABA issue by outlining several aspects of current
interest in the field of GABA research. The theme was selected in association with the …

Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Physiology of GABAC Receptors

GAR Johnston - The GABA receptors, 1997 - Springer
The first edition of The GABA Receptors (Enna, 1983) made no reference to the subtype of
GABA receptors now known as GABA C receptors, ie, receptors for the inhibitory …