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SR 95531 hydrobromide
Chemical Name:6-Imino-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1(6H)-pyridazinebutanoic
acid hydrobromide
Biological Activity:
Selective, competitive GABAA receptor antagonist.Displaces [3H]-GABA from rat
brain membranes with a Ki of 150 nM. Unlike bicuculline, selectively
antagonises GABA-induced Cl- currents with little action on
pentobarbitone-induced currents.
Wermuthet al (1987) Synthesis and structure-activity
relationships of a series of aminopyridazine derivatives of γ-aminobutyric
acid acting as selective GABA-A antagonists. J.Med.Chem. 30 239. Luddens
and Korpi (1995) GABAA antagonists differentiate between
recombinant GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor subtypes. J.Neurosci. 15
6957. Itoet al (1992) Characterization of antagonistic activity
and binding properties of SR95531, a pyridazinyl-GABA derivative in rat brain
and cultured cerebellar neuronal cells. Synapse 10 326. Uchidaet al (1996) The differential antagonism by bicuculline and SR95531 of
pentobarbitone-induced currents in cultured hippocampal neurons.
Eur.J.Pharmacol. 307 89.
Selective antagonist of neuro-steroid potentiation and direct gating of GABAA receptors. Selectively reduces the effects of 5α-reduced steroids compared to 5β-reduced steroids & displays no effect on potentiation evoked by barbiturates & benzodiazepines. Attenuates 3α,5α-THP-induced loss of righting reflex and total sleep time following i.c.v administration in rats.