Muscimol

Introduction: Muscimol

Description of Muscimol

Muscimol: 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole; high affinity GABA-A (chloride channel) agonist used as a GABAmimetic drug and autoradiographic label.
Source: Diseases Database

Muscimol: 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole; high affinity GABA-A (chloride channel) agonist used as a GABAmimetic drug and autoradiographic label.
Source: CRISP

Muscimol: Neurotoxic isoxazole isolated from Amanita muscaria and A. phalloides and also obtained by decarboxylation of IBOTENIC ACID. It is a potent agonist at GABA-A receptors and is used mainly as an experimental tool in animal and tissue studies.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Muscimol:

Terms Similar to Muscimol:

• Agarin
• Pantherine

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Receptors, GABA-A

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Muscimol

• Oxazoles
• Mycotoxins

Source - MeSH 2007

• centrally acting drug
• isoxazole

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Muscimol

The following list attempts to classify Muscimol into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
    • Azoles
      • Oxazoles
        • Muscimol

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Biological Factors
  • Toxins, Biological
    • Mycotoxins
      • Muscimol

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Source: Diseases Database

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