Colonel William A. Phillips

BHF-177 is a compound used in scientific research which acts as a positive allosteric modulator at the GABA_B receptor.^[1] It was shown to reduce self-administration of nicotine in animal studies.^[2]

References

^ Guery S, Floersheim P, Kaupmann K, Froestl W (November 2007). "Syntheses and optimization of new GS39783 analogues as positive allosteric modulators of GABA B receptors". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17 (22): 6206–11. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.09.023. PMC 2278029. PMID 17884493.
^ Paterson NE, Vlachou S, Guery S, Kaupmann K, Froestl W, Markou A (July 2008). "Positive modulation of GABA(B) receptors decreased nicotine self-administration and counteracted nicotine-induced enhancement of brain reward function in rats". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 326 (1): 306–14. doi:10.1124/jpet.108.139204. PMC 2574924. PMID 18445779.

GABA receptor modulators

Positive modulators (abridged; see here for a full list): α-EMTBL
Alcohols (e.g., drinking alcohol, 2M2B)
Anabolic steroids
Avermectins (e.g., ivermectin)
Barbiturates (e.g., phenobarbital)
Benzodiazepines (e.g., diazepam)
Bromide compounds (e.g., potassium bromide)
Carbamates (e.g., meprobamate)
Carbamazepine
Chloralose
Chlormezanone
Clomethiazole
Dihydroergolines (e.g., ergoloid (dihydroergotoxine))
Etazepine
Etifoxine
Fenamates (e.g., mefenamic acid)
Flavonoids (e.g., apigenin, hispidulin)
Fluoxetine
Flupirtine
Imidazoles (e.g., etomidate)
Kava constituents (e.g., kavain)
Lanthanum
Loreclezole
Monastrol
Neuroactive steroids (e.g., allopregnanolone, cholesterol, THDOC)
Niacin
Niacinamide
Nonbenzodiazepines (e.g., β-carbolines (e.g., abecarnil), cyclopyrrolones (e.g., zopiclone), imidazopyridines (e.g., zolpidem), pyrazolopyrimidines (e.g., zaleplon))
Norfluoxetine
Petrichloral
Phenols (e.g., propofol)
Phenytoin
Piperidinediones (e.g., glutethimide)
Propanidid
Pyrazolopyridines (e.g., etazolate)
Quinazolinones (e.g., methaqualone)
Retigabine (ezogabine)
ROD-188
Skullcap constituents (e.g., baicalin)
Stiripentol
Sulfonylalkanes (e.g., sulfonmethane (sulfonal))
Topiramate
Valerian constituents (e.g., valerenic acid)
Volatiles/gases (e.g., chloral hydrate, chloroform, diethyl ether, paraldehyde, sevoflurane)

Negative modulators: 5α-Dihydroprogesterone
Bilobalide
Loreclezole
Picrotoxin (picrotin, picrotoxinin)
Pregnanolone
ROD-188
THDOC
Zinc

Negative modulators: Compound 14

See also: Receptor/signaling modulators; GABA_A receptor positive modulators; GABA metabolism/transport modulators

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHF-177