Probes for the heterogeneity of muscimol binding sites in rat brain
Introduction: The plant-based alkaloid muscimol is a potent agonist of inhibitory GABAA-neurotransmitter receptors. GABAA receptors are a heterogeneous family of pentameric complexes, with 5 out of 19 subunits assembling around the central anion pore. Muscimol is considered to bind to all receptor s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Pharmacology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2024.1368527/full |