Pharmacologic Substance
muscimol
Subclass of:
Mycotoxins; Oxazoles
Definitions related to muscimol:
  • 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole; high affinity GABA-A (chloride channel) agonist used as a GABAmimetic drug and autoradiographic label.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A neurotoxic isoxazole isolated from species of AMANITA. It is obtained by decarboxylation of IBOTENIC ACID. Muscimol is a potent agonist of GABA-A RECEPTORS and is used mainly as an experimental tool in animal and tissue studies.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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