"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.
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D009118
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.462.470 D23.946.587.587
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscimol" by people in Profiles.
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Activation of corticotropin-releasing factor receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla is required for glucose-induced sympathoexcitation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Nov 15; 307(10):E944-53.
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Chronic intermittent hypoxia increases sympathetic control of blood pressure: role of neuronal activity in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Dec; 305(12):H1772-80.
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GABA(A) receptor binding and localization in the tiger salamander retina. Vis Neurosci. 2000 Jan-Feb; 17(1):11-21.
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Spinal integration of antidromic mediated cutaneous vasodilation during dorsal spinal cord stimulation in the rat. Neurosci Lett. 1999 Feb 05; 260(3):173-6.
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gamma-Aminobutyric acid localization and function as modulator of cholinergic neurotransmission in rat antral mucosal/submucosal fragments. Gastroenterology. 1991 Nov; 101(5):1178-86.