International journal of neural systems, 19(3), 197-212 (2009-07-04)
In this work we quantified the in vitro calibration relationships between high frequency electrical stimulation and GABA and glutamate release in both mature retinoic acid differentiated P19 neurons and immortalized embryonic cortical cells engineered to express glutamic acid decarboxylase, GAD65.
A series of new (R)-1-(2-diarylmethylthio/sulfinyl)ethyl-piperidine-3-carboxylic acid hydrochlorides 5a-d/6a-d and (R)-1-(3-diarylmethylthio)propyl-piperidine-3-carboxylic acid hydrochlorides 5'a-d were synthesized and evaluated as gamma-aminobutyric acid uptake inhibitors through cultured cell lines expressing mouse GAT1. Biological screening results demonstrated that the compounds 6a-d with diarylmethylsulfinyl ethyl
A homology model of the human GABA transporter (GAT-1) based on the recently reported crystal structures of the bacterial leucine transporter from Aquifex aeolicus (LeuT) was developed. The stability of the resulting model embedded in a membrane environment was analyzed
A synaptosomal model was used to evaluate in vivo effects of paraoxon on the uptake of [(3)H]GABA in rat cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Male Wistar rats were given a single intraperitoneal injection of one of three doses of paraoxon (0.1
As a novel example of improved entry of poorly delivered drugs into the brain by means of nutrient conjugates, L-carnitine was conjugated to nipecotic acid and the capacity to antagonize PTZ-induced convulsions of this novel entity was evaluated.
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