GABA
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GABA
- (organic chemistry) Acronym of gamma-aminobutyric acid.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 58:
- [Valium] was followed by many imitators, all sharing the same pharmacological mechanism, which is to enhance the actions of the key inhibitory brain chemical messenger GABA.