International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CVI: GABAA receptor subtype-and function-selective ligands: key issues in translation to humans

W Sieghart, MM Savić, EH Ohlstein - Pharmacological reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
GABA A receptors are the major inhibitory transmitter receptors in the brain. They are ligand-
gated chloride channels and the site of action of benzodiazepines, barbiturates, neuroactive …

International Union of Pharmacology. LXX. Subtypes of γ-aminobutyric acidA receptors: classification on the basis of subunit composition, pharmacology, and function …

RW Olsen, W Sieghart - Pharmacological reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
In this review we attempt to summarize experimental evidence on the existence of defined
native GABA A receptor subtypes and to produce a list of receptors that actually seem to …

GABAA receptors: subtypes provide diversity of function and pharmacology

RW Olsen, W Sieghart - Neuropharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
This mini-review attempts to update experimental evidence on the existence of GABAA
receptor pharmacological subtypes and to produce a list of those native receptors that exist …

Loss of functional GABAA receptors in the Alzheimer diseased brain

A Limon, JM Reyes-Ruiz… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The cholinergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission systems are known to be severely
disrupted in Alzheimer's disease (AD). GABAergic neurotransmission, in contrast, is …

The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14: ion channels

SPH Alexander, HE Benson… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2013/14 provides concise overviews of
the key properties of over 2000 human drug targets with their pharmacology, plus links to an …

Structure, pharmacology, and function of GABAA receptor subtypes

W Sieghart - Advances in pharmacology, 2006 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter describes the structure, pharmacology, and function of γ‐
aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A) receptor subtypes. GABA A receptors are the most …

Advantages of an antagonist: bicuculline and other GABA antagonists

GAR Johnston - British journal of pharmacology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The convulsant alkaloid bicuculline continues to be investigated more than 40 years after
the first publication of its action as an antagonist of receptors for the inhibitory …

GABAA receptor channel pharmacology

GAR Johnston - Current pharmaceutical design, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
GABAA receptor channels are ubiquitous in the mammalian central nervous system
mediating fast inhibitory neurotransmission by becoming permeant to chloride ions in …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of thiosemicarbazones, hydrazinobenzothiazoles and arylhydrazones as anticancer agents with a potential to overcome …

VFS Pape, S Tóth, A Füredi, K Szebényi… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
There is a constant need for new therapies against multidrug resistant (MDR) cancer. An
attractive strategy is to develop chelators that display significant antitumor activity in …

GABAA receptor subtypes as targets for neuropsychiatric drug development

ER Korpi, ST Sinkkonen - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2006 - Elsevier
The main inhibitory neurotransmitter system in the brain, the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
system, is the target for many clinically used drugs to treat, for example, anxiety disorders …