This fluorescently labelled muscimol conjugate exhibits agonist activity GABAA and GABAC receptors.
The compound is active in vivo and shows no difference to muscimol on long-term contextual fear. The fluorescently labeled Muscimol TMR-X conjugate can be considered to be representative for the diffusion of muscimol after dorsohippocampal administration.
The compound can be used for visulazing the spatial gradient of reversible brain inactivations.
Alternative names
Muscimol-bodipy, Muscimol-BODIPY® TMR-X conjugate (TM of Molecular Probes)