| Literature DB >> 14647497 |
Timothy B C Johnstone1, Derk J Hogenkamp, Leanne Coyne, Jiping Su, Robert F Halliwell, Minhtam B Tran, Ryan F Yoshimura, Wen-Yen Li, Jeff Wang, Kelvin W Gee.
Abstract
Patients taking fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as norfloxacin exhibit a low incidence of convulsions and anxiety. These side effects probably result from antagonism of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) at the brain GABA(A) receptor complex (GRC). Modification of norfloxacin yields molecules such as compound 4 that potentiate GABA action with alpha(2) subunit selectivity. Compound 4 is anxiolytic but does not cause sedation, and may represent a new class of ligands that have anxiolytic activity without sedative liability.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14647497 DOI: 10.1038/nm967
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Med ISSN: 1078-8956 Impact factor: 53.440