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Preferred term

GABA Modulators  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Substances that do not act as agonists or antagonists but do affect the GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID receptor-ionophore complex. GABA-A receptors (RECEPTORS, GABA-A) appear to have at least three allosteric sites at which modulators act: a site at which BENZODIAZEPINES act by increasing the opening frequency of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID-activated chloride channels; a site at which BARBITURATES act to prolong the duration of channel opening; and a site at which some steroids may act. GENERAL ANESTHETICS probably act at least partly by potentiating GABAergic responses, but they are not included here.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • GABAergic Modulators
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Modulators

In other languages

  • French

  • Modulateurs de l'acide amino-4 butyrique
  • Modulateurs GABAergiques

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DW8H3MNZ-P

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