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Picrotoxin

Known as: picrotoxins, 3,6-Methano-8H-1,5,7-trioxacyclopenta(ij)cycloprop(a)azulene-4,8(3H)-dione, hexahydro-2a-hydroxy-9-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-8b-methyl-, (1aR-(1aalpha,2abeta,3beta,6beta,6abeta,8aS*,8bbeta,9S*))-, compd. with (1aR-(1aalpha,2abeta,3beta,6beta,6abeta,8aS*,8, 3,6-Methano-8H-1,5,7-trioxacyclopenta(ij)cycloprop(a)azulene-4,8(3H)-dione, hexahydro-2a-hydroxy-9-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-8b-methyl-, (1aR-(1aalpha,2abeta,3beta,6beta,6abeta,8aS*,8bbeta,9S*))-, compd. with (1aR-(1aalpha,2abeta,3beta,6beta,6abeta,8aS*,8bbeta,9R*))-hexahydro-2a-hydroxy-8b-methyl-9-(1-methylethenyl)-3,6-methano-8H-1,5,7-trioxacyclopenta(ij)cycloprop(a)azulene-4,8(3H)-dione (1:1) 
A noncompetitive antagonist at GABA-A receptors and thus a convulsant. Picrotoxin blocks the GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID-activated chloride ionophore… 
National Institutes of Health

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AnalepticsAntidoteCentral Nervous System StimulantsConvulsants
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1992
GTP‐binding protein involvement in membrane currents evoked by carbachol and histamine in guinea‐pig ileal muscle.
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1989
Highly Cited
1989
Release pattern of endogenous dopamine in teleost retinae during light adaptation and pharmacological stimulation
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1984
Highly Cited
1984
A possible correlate of the postsynaptic condition for long-lasting potentiation in the guinea pig hippocampus in vitro
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1984
Highly Cited
1984
The effects of GABA and benzodiazepine receptor antagonists on the anti-conflict actions of diazepam or ethanol
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1981
Highly Cited
1981
Disinhibitory action of acetylcholine in the rat's hippocampus: Extracellular observations
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1980
Highly Cited
1980
Electrophysiological interactions of enkephalins with neuronal circuitry in the rat hippocampus. I. Effects on pyramidal cell activity
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1978
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The striatal dopaminergic function is mediated by the inhibition of a nigral, non-dopaminergic neuronal system via a strio-nigral GABAergic pathway.
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Benzodiazepine receptors: labeling in intact animals with [3H] flunitrazepam.
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