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Methohexital

美索比妥

Mechanism of action:

Methohexital 是一種巴比妥類(barbiturate)衍生物。Methohexital 可結合於 GABA_A 受體的巴比妥結合位點,增強抑制性神經傳導物質 GABA(γ-aminobutyric acid)的作用,會 延長氯離子通道(chloride channel)的開啟時間,使更多氯離子流入神經元,導致細胞膜產生明顯的超極化(hyperpolarization)。

​Reference(s):

1. Koltchine VV et al. (1996). Chimeric GABAA/glycine receptors: expression and barbiturate pharmacology. Neuropharmacology. 


2. Chen X et al. (2002). TTD: Therapeutic Target Database. Nucleic Acids Res. 


3. Zhou Y et al. (2024). TTD: Therapeutic Target Database describing target druggability information. Nucleic Acids Res.

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