Glycine receptor antagonist

A glycine receptor antagonist is a drug which acts as an antagonist of the glycine receptor.[1][2]

Examples

Antagonists

  • Selective
    • Brucine
    • Strychnine
    • Tutin
  • Non-selective
    • Bicuculline
    • Caffeine
    • Picrotoxin
    • Pitrazepin
    • Thiocolchicoside

See also

  • Glycine receptor agonist

References

  1. ^ Miyakawa, N; Uchino, S; Yamashita, T; Okada, H; Nakamura, T; Kaminogawa, S; Miyamoto, Y; Hisatsune, T (16 September 2002). "A glycine receptor antagonist, strychnine, blocked NMDA receptor activation in the neonatal mouse neocortex". NeuroReport. 13 (13): 1667–73. doi:10.1097/00001756-200209160-00020. PMID 12352624. S2CID 34027498.
  2. ^ Vandenberg, RJ; Handford, CA; Schofield, PR (September 1992). "Distinct agonist- and antagonist-binding sites on the glycine receptor". Neuron. 9 (3): 491–6. doi:10.1016/0896-6273(92)90186-h. PMID 1326295. S2CID 45100334.

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Pharmacomodulation
Types
  • ♦ Enzyme: Inducer
  • Inhibitor
  • ♦ Ion channel: Opener
  • Blocker
  • ♦ Miscellaneous: Precursor
  • Cofactor
Classes
Enzyme
see Enzyme inhibition
Ion channel
See Ion channel modulators
Receptor &
transporter
BA/M
Adrenergic
Dopaminergic
Histaminergic
Serotonergic
AA
GABAergic
Glutamatergic
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Other
Miscellaneous
  • Cofactor (see Enzyme cofactors)
  • Precursor (see Amino acids)
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Receptor
(ligands)
GlyRTooltip Glycine receptor
NMDARTooltip N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor
  • See here instead.
Transporter
(blockers)
GlyT1Tooltip Glycine transporter 1
GlyT2Tooltip Glycine transporter 2
See also
Receptor/signaling modulators
GABA receptor modulators
GABAA receptor positive modulators
Ionotropic glutamate receptor modulators


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