"Vigabatrin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An analogue of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. It is an irreversible inhibitor of 4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE, the enzyme responsible for the catabolism of GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. (From Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D020888
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.114.500.350.900 D12.125.190.350.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Vigabatrin- Vigabatrin
- gamma-Vinyl-GABA
- gamma Vinyl GABA
- gamma-Vinyl-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
- Acid, gamma-Vinyl-gamma-Aminobutyric
- gamma Vinyl gamma Aminobutyric Acid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vigabatrin" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Time to Clinical Remission With Sustained Resolution in Children With New-Onset Infantile Spasms. Neurology. 2022 11 29; 99(22):e2494-e2503.
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Effects of vigabatrin, an irreversible GABA transaminase inhibitor, on ethanol reinforcement and ethanol discriminative stimuli in mice. Behav Pharmacol. 2012 Apr; 23(2):178-90.
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Expanding treatment options for cocaine dependence. Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Nov; 166(11):1209-10.
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New developments in the pharmacotherapy of alcohol dependence. Am J Addict. 2001; 10(s1):s3-s15.