?4-containing GABA-A receptors as targets for ?-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB)

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1069201

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

?-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is an elusive substance. On one hand, it is a prescribed drug to treat narcolepsy, and ameliorate alcohol withdrawal. On the other hand, GHB is the club drug “Fantasy” or “Liquid Ecstasy”, taken by many Australians for its social, sexual and euphoric effects. This proposal will identify GHB targets and provide insight to its mechanism of action.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $610,572.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Basic Pharmacology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

animal model | drug addiction | gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors | ligand-gated ion channels | structure-function

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