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Muscimol

Known as: Muscimol [Chemical/Ingredient], Pantherine, 3(2H)-Isoxazolone, 5-(aminomethyl)- 
A neurotoxic isoxazole isolated from species of AMANITA. It is obtained by decarboxylation of IBOTENIC ACID. Muscimol is a potent agonist of GABA-A… 
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Central Nervous System AgentsGABA AgonistsGABA-A Receptor AgonistsIbotenic Acid
GABA-A ReceptorIn Bloodagonistsanalogs & derivatives

Narrower (3)

dihydromuscimolisomuscimolthiomuscimol

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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Electrophysiological study of the excitatory parafascicular projection to the subthalamic nucleus and evidence for ipsi- and contralateral controls
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ventrolateral medulla and sympathetic chemoreflex in the rat
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Effects of 5-HT1A receptor agonists on the circadian rhythm of wheel-running activity in hamsters.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Interdependence of rostral and caudal ventrolateral medullary areas in the control of blood pressure
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Enhancement of spike and wave discharges by GABAmimetic drugs in rats with spontaneous petit-mallike epilepsy
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Evidence that bicuculline and picrotoxin act at separate sites to antagonize γ-aminobutyric acid in rat cuneate nucleus
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Use of 3H-muscimol for GABA receptor studies
γ-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID (GABA) is a major transmitter in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS)1,2 and studies of synaptic… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The striatal dopaminergic function is mediated by the inhibition of a nigral, non-dopaminergic neuronal system via a strio-nigral GABAergic pathway.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Gabaergic processes involved in the control of dopamine release from nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in the cat.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Influence of GABA receptor agonists and antagonists on the binding of 3H-diazepam to the benzodiazepine receptor.
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