title: Enhancement by anesthetic and convulsant barbiturates of GABA binding to rat brain synaptosomal membranes.
abstract: All of the anesthetic (amylobarbitone, butobarbitone, pentobarbitone, phenobarbitone, and secobarbitone) and convulsant (5-ethyl-5(3'-methylbut-2-enyl) barbituric acid (3M2B) and 5-ethyl-5-(2'-cyclohexylidene-ethyl) barbituric acid (CHEB) barbiturates tested enhanced the binding of GABA to a carefully prepared P2 membrane fraction from rat brain in a dose-dependent manner. These findings are in agreement with the potentiation of the inhibitory effects of GABA in many neuronal systems by both classes of barbiturates.
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001463:Barbiturates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003292:Convulsants; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics; D001463:Barbiturates; D003292:Convulsants; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid