Synonyms: Narcozep® | Rohypnol®
flunitrazepam is an approved drug
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: A benzodiazepine with pharmacologic actions similar to those of diazepam. Due to illicit use of this drug importation has been banned by the US, but medicinal use is approved in other countries.
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Targets where the ligand is described in the comment field | |
Target | Comment |
GABAA receptor α6 subunit | Diazepam and flunitrazepam are not active at channels containing this subunit. Zn2+ is an endogenous allosteric regulator and causes potent inhibition of receptors formed from binary combinations of α and β subunits, incorporation of a δ or γ subunit causes a modest, or pronounced, reduction in inhibitory potency, respectively [2]. [3H]Ro154513 selectively labels α6-subunit and α4-subunit-containing receptors in the presence of a saturating concentration of a 'classical' benzodiazepine (e.g. diazepam). Sieghart et al. (2022) provides a review of the pharmacology of α6-containing GABAA receptors. |
GABAA receptor α4 subunit | Diazepam and flunitrazepam are not active at this subunit. Zn2+ is an endogenous allosteric regulator and causes potent inhibition of receptors formed from binary combinations of α and β subunits, incorporation of a δ or γ subunit causes a modest, or pronounced, reduction in inhibitory potency, respectively [2]. [3H]Ro154513 labels α4βγ2 and α6βγ2 receptors in the presence of a saturating concentration of a 'classical' benzodiazepine (e.g. diazepam). |
Ligand mentioned in the following text fields |
GABAA receptors overview |