Biochemistry
February 7, 2024
Vito F. Palmisano, Claudio Agnorelli, Andrea Fagiolini et al.
5 citations
High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Renewed scientific interest in psychedelic compounds represents one of the most promising avenues for addressing the current burden of mental health disorders. Classic psychedelics are a group of compounds that exhibit structural similarities to the naturally occurring neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT). Acting on the 5-HT type 2A receptors (HT...
Biochemistry
January 21, 2022
David E. Olson
121 citations
In addition to producing profound subjective effects following acute administration, psychedelic compounds can induce beneficial behavioral changes relevant to the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders that last long after the compounds have been cleared from the body. One hypothesis with the potential to explain the remarkable enduring effects of psychedelics is related to their abilities to...
Biochemistry
July 28, 2009
Feng Yan, Ruslan V Bikbulatov, Viorel Mocanu et al.
81 citations
Salvinorin A, the most potent naturally occurring hallucinogen, has attracted an increasing amount of attention since the kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) was identified as its principal molecular target by us [Roth, B. L., et al. (2002) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99, 11934-11939]. Here we report the design, synthesis, and biochemical characterization of novel, irreversible, salvinorin A-derived...
Biochemistry
June 21, 2005
Feng Yan, Philip D Mosier, Richard B Westkaemper et al.
91 citations
Salvinorin A is a naturally occurring hallucinogenic diterpenoid from the plant Salvia divinorumthat selectively and potently activates kappa-opioid receptors (KORs). Salvinorin A is unique in that it is the only known lipid-like molecule that selectively and potently activates a G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR), which has as its endogenous agonist a peptide; salvinorin A is also the only...
Biochemistry
February 9, 1988
Y Kloog, R Haring, M Sokolovsky
The nature of the interactions between the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) and the phencyclidine (PCP) receptors was studied in membranes obtained from rat cerebral cortex and washed repeatedly to remove endogenous excitatory amino acids. Binding of [3H]-N-[1-(2-thienyl)cyclohexyl]piperidine ([3H]TCP) to its receptor sites in these membranes proceeded slowly and did not reach equilibrium even after...
Biochemistry
1962
Thomas E. Smith, Herbert Weissbach, Sidney Udenfriend
59 citations
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTStudies on the Mechanism of Action of Monoamine Oxidase: Metabolism of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine and N,N-Dimethyltryptamine-N-OxideT. E. Smith, H. Weissbach, and S. UdenfriendCite this: Biochemistry 1962, 1, 1, 137–143Publication Date (Print):January 1, 1962Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 January...