"Muscimol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A neurotoxic isoxazole isolated from species of AMANITA. It is obtained by decarboxylation of IBOTENIC ACID. Muscimol is a potent agonist of GABA-A RECEPTORS and is used mainly as an experimental tool in animal and tissue studies.
| Descriptor ID |
D009118
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.462.470 D23.946.587.587
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscimol" by people in Profiles.
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Stahl JS, Thumser ZC, Oommen BS. The ataxic mouse as a model for studying downbeat nystagmus. J Vestib Res. 2012; 22(5-6):221-41.
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Burton NC, Schneider JS, Syversen T, Guilarte TR. Effects of chronic manganese exposure on glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmitter markers in the nonhuman primate brain. Toxicol Sci. 2009 Sep; 111(1):131-9.
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Mizuta K, Xu D, Pan Y, Comas G, Sonett JR, Zhang Y, Panettieri RA, Yang J, Emala CW. GABAA receptors are expressed and facilitate relaxation in airway smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Jun; 294(6):L1206-16.