NS-2710
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| PubChem (CID) | 21310187 |
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| Formula | C22H20N4O |
| Molar mass | 356.420 g/mol |
| 3D model (Jmol) | Interactive image |
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NS-2710 (LS-193,970) is an anxiolytic drug with a novel chemical structure, developed by the small pharmaceutical company Neurosearch. It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic. NS-2710 is a potent but non-selective partial agonist at GABAA receptors, although with little efficacy at the α1 subtype and more at α2 and α3. It has anxiolytic effects comparable to chlordiazepoxide,[1] and while it is a less potent anticonvulsant than the related drug NS-2664, it has a much longer duration of action, and similarly to other α2/α3-preferring partial agonists produces little sedative effects or physical dependence.[2]
References
- ↑ Evenden J, Duncan B, Ko T. A comparison of the effects of psychotomimetics and anxiolytics on punished and unpunished responding maintained by fixed interval schedules of food reinforcement in the rat. Behavioural Pharmacology. 2006 Feb;17(1):87-99. PMID 16377966
- ↑ Mirza NR, Nielsen EØ. Do subtype-selective gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor modulators have a reduced propensity to induce physical dependence in mice? Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2006 Mar;316(3):1378-85. PMID 16352707
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