MMPIP

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MMPIP
MMPIP structure.png
Identifiers
Chemical and physical data
Formula C19H19N3O3
Molar mass 337.372 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image
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MMPIP is a drug used in scientific research that acts as a selective antagonist for the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype mGluR7.[1] This receptor subtype appears to be involved in the downstream response to cocaine in the brain.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Suzuki G, Tsukamoto N, Fushiki H, Kawagishi A, Nakamura M, Kurihara H, Mitsuya M, Ohkubo M, Ohta H (October 2007). "In vitro pharmacological characterization of novel isoxazolopyridone derivatives as allosteric metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 antagonists". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 323 (1): 147–56. doi:10.1124/jpet.107.124701. PMID 17609420. 
  2. ^ Li X, Li J, Peng XQ, Spiller K, Gardner EL, Xi ZX (June 2009). "Metabotropic glutamate receptor 7 modulates the rewarding effects of cocaine in rats: involvement of a ventral pallidal GABAergic mechanism". Neuropsychopharmacology. 34 (7): 1783–96. doi:10.1038/npp.2008.236. PMID 19158667.