Concept information
Preferred term
Muscimol
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Agarin
- Pantherine
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 86(79); was see under OXAZOLES 1979-85
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009118
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