Structure activity relationships of presynaptic dopamine receptor agonists.
Structure activity relationship (SAR) studies have identified many structural entities that interact with dopamine receptors. The aminotetralin structure may be regarded as an active moiety of apomorphine. An unanswered question concerns the SAR of the 4,7-dimethoxy indane derivatives. These agents do not appear to match well with models of dopamine receptors. At least there can be little doubt that SAR research has been a powerful stimulus during the past decade for understanding the function, distribution, and spatial aspects of dopamine receptors.
D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000502:physiology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000502:physiology; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
D009281:Naphthalenes; D011954:Receptors, Dopamine; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D004298:Dopamine