Alpidem is a potent antagonist of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) that is located on the outer mitochondrial membrane and interacts with the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) pore. Alpidem is an anxiolytic drug from the imidazopyridine family. Alpidem acts selectively on the α3 receptor subtype and to a lesser extent at the α1 subtype (Kd of 0.33nM and 1.67nM respectively), of the benzodiazepine receptor.
Alpidem is a potent peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) antagonist.
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Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 56(2), 317-324 (1997-02-01)
A comparative study between two drugs acting on the GABAA receptor, alprazolam and alpidem was undertaken, using simple tests such as measurement of spontaneous locomotor activity, four plates test and rotarod in mice. Additional conflict test was further performed using
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 273(2), 842-849 (1995-05-01)
In the present study, we combined a powerful and novel receptor binding data analysis technique. Fourier-derived affinity spectrum analysis (FASA), with the nonlinear regression analysis program LIGAND to resolve benzodiazepine receptor heterogeneity in rat spinal cord. With FASA, we identified
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Methods and findings in experimental and clinical pharmacology, 18 Suppl B, 59-60 (1996-01-01)
We have recently shown that compounds with high affinity for peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors inhibited glucose-induced insulin secretion in vitro. We therefore performed an oral glucose tolerance test in anxious inpatients treated with the imidazopyridine derivative alpidem, which has been shown
Journal of chromatography. A, 668(2), 403-411 (1994-05-13)
Alpidem, 6-chloro-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-N,N-dipropylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine- 3-acetamide, is an anxiolytic imidazopyridine that undergoes a first-pass elimination after oral administration to humans; it is actively metabolized and three circulating metabolites have been identified in plasma due to N-dealkylation, oxidation or a combination of both processes.
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