Dan was prosecuted for the illegal synthesis and disruption of GHB. What household item was listed in the court documents as a precursor chemical for GHB synthesis?
Researchers first synthesized GHB in 1960 as part of an effort to develop compounds that have a similar chemical structure to the neurotransmitter ____.
Dr. Arnold scours the literature and finds that beyond the GHB receptor, studies indicate that GHB functions as an agonist for the ____ receptor (Diana et al., 1991; Pistis et al., 2005).
Graduate student Darryl adds DrugX to the bathing media of his neuronal cultures and finds strong depletion of GHB. What was a likely target of this drug?
Dr. Arnold studies endogenous GHB production and storage in the brain. He determines that the relationship between GHB and GABA storage is that they are stored ____.
Dr. Bennett lectures on the function of prodrugs, which are converted to active metabolites in the body. She describes the final step in the conversion of prodrug 1,4-butanediol to GHB. What pathway does she describe?