Biomaterial Database

GABAA receptor pharmacology. 1996

G A Johnston

Adrien Albert Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptors for the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA are likely to be found on most, if not all, neurons in the brain and spinal cord. They appear to be the most complicated of the superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels in terms of the large number of receptor subtypes and also the variety of ligands that interact with specific sites on the receptors. There appear to be at least 11 distinct sites on GABAA receptors for these ligands.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D018079	Receptors, GABA	Cell-surface proteins that bind GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID with high affinity and trigger changes that influence the behavior of cells. GABA-A receptors control chloride channels formed by the receptor complex itself. They are blocked by bicuculline and usually have modulatory sites sensitive to benzodiazepines and barbiturates. GABA-B receptors act through G-proteins on several effector systems, are insensitive to bicuculline, and have a high affinity for L-baclofen.	GABA Receptors,Receptors, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid,gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Receptors,GABA Receptor,gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor,Receptor, GABA,Receptor, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid,Receptors, gamma Aminobutyric Acid,gamma Aminobutyric Acid Receptor,gamma Aminobutyric Acid Receptors
D018755	GABA Agonists	Endogenous compounds and drugs that bind to and activate GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID receptors (RECEPTORS, GABA).	gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Agonists,GABA Agonist,GABA Receptor Agonist,GABA Receptor Agonists,gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Agonist,Acid Agonist, gamma-Aminobutyric,Acid Agonists, gamma-Aminobutyric,Agonist, GABA,Agonist, GABA Receptor,Agonist, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid,Agonists, GABA,Agonists, GABA Receptor,Agonists, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid,Receptor Agonist, GABA,Receptor Agonists, GABA,gamma Aminobutyric Acid Agonist,gamma Aminobutyric Acid Agonists
D018756	GABA Antagonists	Drugs that bind to but do not activate GABA RECEPTORS, thereby blocking the actions of endogenous GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID and GABA RECEPTOR AGONISTS.	gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Antagonists,GABA Antagonist,GABA Receptor Antagonists,Acid Antagonists, gamma-Aminobutyric,Antagonist, GABA,Antagonists, GABA,Antagonists, GABA Receptor,Antagonists, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid,Receptor Antagonists, GABA,gamma Aminobutyric Acid Antagonists