Description
A positive allosteric modulator of GABAB receptors; enhances GABA binding with a maximal effect of 143% compared to a GABA-only control in CHO cells membranes expressing the GABAB(1b/2) receptor and enhances GABA binding to rat cortical membranes at 30 µM; selective for GABA binding to heterodimeric GABAB(1b/2) over monomeric GABAB(1b) receptors; potentiates the efficacy of baclofen in decreasing the spontaneous firing rate of dopaminergic neurons in the rat VTA in vitro (EC50 = 0.27 µM); also potentiates the sedative-reducing effects induced by baclofen or GHB in rats at 10-170 mg/kg; suppresses the acquisition of alcohol drinking behavior in alcohol-naïve Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats over a five-day period at 25-100 mg/kg and transiently reduces the maintenance of alcohol drinking behavior in alcohol-experienced rats at a dose of 100 mg/kg
Formal name: 3,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxy-β,β-dimethyl-benzenepropanol
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Molecular weight: 292.5
CAS: 57717-80-3
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A crystalline solid