GABAkines–Advances in the discovery, development, and commercialization of positive allosteric modulators of GABAA receptors

A Lippa, MM Poe, JL Smith, X Jin, X Ping… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Positive allosteric modulators of γ-aminobutyric acid-A (GABA A) receptors or GABAkines
have been widely used medicines for over 70 years for anxiety, epilepsy, sleep, and other …

[HTML][HTML] New GABA-targeting therapies for the treatment of seizures and epilepsy: I. Role of GABA as a modulator of seizure activity and recently approved …

E Perucca, M Bialer, HS White - CNS drugs, 2023 - Springer
Abstract γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the most prevalent inhibitory neurotransmitter in the
mammalian brain and has been found to play an important role in the pathogenesis or the …

Glycine potentiates the NMDA response in cultured mouse brain neurons

JW Johnson, P Ascher - Nature, 1987 - nature.com
Transmitters mediating'fast'synaptic processes in the vertebrate central nervous system are
commonly placed in two separate categories that are believed to exhibit no interaction at the …

The diversity of GABAA receptors: Pharmacological and electrophysiological properties of GABAA channel subtypes

W Hevers, H Lüddens - Molecular neurobiology, 1998 - Springer
The amino acid γ-aminobutyric-acid (GABA) prevails in the CNS as an inhibitory neurotrans-
mitter that mediates most of its effects through fast GABA-gated Cl−-channels (GABA AR) …

[HTML][HTML] Dysregulation of GABAergic signaling in neurodevelomental disorders: targeting cation-chloride co-transporters to re-establish a proper E/I balance

E Cherubini, G Di Cristo, M Avoli - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The construction of the brain relies on a series of well-defined genetically and experience-or
activity-dependent mechanisms which allow to adapt to the external environment. Disruption …

Receptors for the age of anxiety: pharmacology of the benzodiazepines

JF Tallman, SM Paul, P Skolnick, DW Gallager - Science, 1980 - science.org
Investigation of the actions of the benzodiazepines has provided insights into the
neurochemical mechanisms underlying anxiety, seizures, muscle relaxation, and sedation …

Neurotransmitters decrease the calcium conductance activated by depolarization of embryonic chick sensory neurones.

K Dunlap, GD Fischbach - The Journal of physiology, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
Several neurotransmitters including noradrenaline (NA), gamma‐aminobutyric acid (GABA)
and serotonin (5‐HT), and also certain peptides, decrease the duration of the Na+‐Ca2+ …

From ion currents to genomic analysis: Recent advances in GABAA receptor research

LE Rabow, SJ Russek, DH Farb - Synapse, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
The γ‐aminobutyric acid type A (GABAA) receptor represents an elementary switching
mechanism integral to the functioning of the central nervous system and a locus for the …

17β-Estradiol protects against NMDA-induced excitotoxicity by direct inhibition of NMDA receptors

CE Weaver Jr, M Park-Chung, TT Gibbs, DH Farb - Brain research, 1997 - Elsevier
Several lines of evidence suggest that 17β-estradiol (βE2) has neuroprotective properties.
The risk and severity of dementia are decreased in women who have received estrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Neurosteroid actions in memory and neurologic/neuropsychiatric disorders

MH Ratner, V Kumaresan, DH Farb - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Memory dysfunction is a symptomatic feature of many neurologic and neuropsychiatric
disorders; however, the basic underlying mechanisms of memory and altered states of …