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An endogenous inhibitor of GABA receptor binding was prepared from synaptic membrane of rat brain with 0.05% Triton X-100. The endogenous inhibitor was competitive with GABA for GABA binding sites. The inhibition of GABA receptor binding by the endogenous inhibitor was blocked by the allosteric effect of diazepam. In the presence of diazepam, specific [3H]GABA binding was greater in a medium containing the endogenous inhibitor than in one containing an equal inhibitory potency of GABA, whereas there was no difference in the absence of diazepam. This indicated that the endogenous inhibitor was not GABA itself.
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Kuroda, H., Ogawa, N., Nukina, I. et al. An endogenous inhibitor of GABA receptor binding. Neurochem Res 9, 21–27 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00967656
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