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The putative anti-addictive drug ibogaine is a competitive inhibitor of [3H]MK-801 binding to the NMDA receptor complex

Popik, Piotr, Layer, Richard T., Skolnick, Phil · 1994 · Psychopharmacology

Mechanisms In vitro moderate

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Ibogaine competitively inhibits [³H]MK-801 binding at NMDA receptor ion channels (Kᵢ = 1.01 ± 0.1 μM, nH = 1.2). No effect on AMPA, kainate, or metabotropic glutamate receptors up to 100 μM.

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