Refereed Representative Publications from Members of TheAdrien Albert Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Department ofPharmacology, University of Sydney

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Last updated: 6.10.2009

2009 and in press

Chebib M, Gavande N, Wong KY, Park A, Premoli I, Mewett KN, Allan RD, Duke RK, Johnston GAR and Hanrahan JR "Guanidino acids act as rho1 GABA-C receptor antagonists" Neurochemical Research, 2009, 34, 1704-1711 [PDF]

Chebib M, Hinton T, Schmid KL,Brinkworth D, Qian H, Matos S, Kim H-L, Abdel-Halim H, Kumar RJ, Johnston GAR and Hanrahan JR (2009) "Novel, potent and selective GABA-C antagonists inhibit myopia development and facilitate learning and memory", Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 328, 448-457 [PDF]

Fernandez SP, Nguyen M, Yow TT, Chu C, Johnston GAR, Hanrahan JR and Chebib M "The flavonoid glycosides, myricitrin, gossypin and naringin exert anxiolytic action in mice" Neurochemical Research, 2009, 34, 1867-1878 [PDF]

Hanrahan JR and Johnston GAR (2009) Synthesis of γ-aminobutyric acid analogues. In: Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry, Volume 1, Origins and synthesis of amino acids, Ed AB Hughes, Wiley VCH, Weinheim,, pp. 573-689

Hinton T and Johnston GAR "Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs acting on ionotropic GABA receptors", Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, edited by MD Binder, N Hirokawa, and U Windhorst, Springer-Verlag, 2009, pp 154-159 [PDF]

Johnston GAR , Chebib M , Duke RK, Fernandez SP, Hanrahan JR , Hinton T and Mewett KN "Herbal products and ionotropic GABA receptors" New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, edited by LR Squire, Elsevier, 2009, 4, 1095-1101 [PDF]

Locock KES, Johnston GAR and Allan RD, "GABA analogues derived from 4-aminocyclopent-1-enecarboxylic acid" Neurochemical Research, 2009, 34, 1698-1703 [PDF]

McIntosh JM, Absalom N, Chebib M, Elgoyhen AB, Vincler M "Alpha9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the treatment of pain" Biochemical Pharmacology, 2009, 78, 693-702

Mewett KN, Fernandez SP, Pasricha AK, Pong A, Devenish SO, Chebib M, Johnston GAR, Hibbs DE and Hanrahan JR, "Synthesis and biological evaluation of flavan-3-ol derivatives as positive modulators of GABA-A receptors", Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 17, 7156–7173 [PDF]

2008

Abdel-Halim H, Hanrahan JR, Hibbs DE, Johnston GAR and Chebib M "Amolecular basis for agonist and antagonist actions at GABA-Creceptors", Chemical Biology and Drug Design, 2008, 71,306-327 [PDF]

Carland JE, Johnston GAR and Chebib M "Relative impact of residuesat the intracellular and extracellular ends of the human GABA-C rho1receptor M2 domain on picrotoxinin activity", European Journal ofPharmacology, 2008, 580, 27-35 [PDF]

Fernandez SP, Mewett KN, Hanrahan JR, Chebib M, Johnston GAR, "Flavan-3-ol derivatives are positive modulators of GABA-A receptorswith higher efficacy for the alpha2 subtype and anxiolytic action inmice", Neuropharmacology, 2008, 55, 900-907 [PDF]

Hinton T, Chebib M.and Johnston GAR "Enantioselective actions of4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid and(3-amino-2-hydroxypropyl)methylphosphinic acid at recombinant GABA-Creceptors", Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters,2008, 18, 402-404 [PDF]

Hinton T and Johnston GAR "The role of GABA-A receptors inschizophrenia" Cell Science Reviews, 2008, 5, 180-194[PDF]

Kumar RJ, Chebib M, Hibbs DE, Kim H-L, Johnston GAR, Salam NK andHanrahan JR "Novel gamma-aminobutyric acid rho1 receptor antagonists;Synthesis, pharmacological activity and structure activityrelationships", Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2008,51, 3825-3840) [PDF]

Skilbeck KJ, Hinton T and Johnston GAR "Sex-differences andstress: effects on regional high and low affinity [3H]GABAbinding" Neurochemistry International, 2008, 52,1212-1219 [PDF]

Skillbeck KJ, O'Reilly JN, Johnston GAR and Hinton T"Antipsychotic drug administration differentially affects[3H]muscimol and [3H]flunitrazepam GABA-A receptorbinding sites" Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology &Biological Psychiatry, 2008, 32, 492-498 [PDF]

2007

Chebib M, Hanrahan JR, Kumar RJ, Mewett KN, Morriss G, Wooller Sand Johnston GAR "(3-Aminocyclopentyl)methylphosphinic acids: NovelGABA-C receptor antagonists", Neuropharmacology, 2007,52, 779-787 [PDF]

Skilbeck KJ, O'Reilly JN, Johnston GAR and Hinton T. The effectsof antipsychotic drugs on GABA-A receptor binding depend on period ofdrug treatment and binding site examined .SchizophreniaResearch, 2007, 90, 76-80 [PDF]

2006

Crittenden DL, Park, A, Qiu J, *Silverman RB, Duke RK, JohnstonGAR, **Jordan MJT and Chebib M 'Enantiomers of cis-constrained andflexible 2-substituted GABA analogues exert opposite effects atrecombinant GABA-C receptors' Bioorganic and MedicinalChemistry, 2006, 14, 447-455 [PDF]

Fernandez SP, *Wasowski C , *Loscalzo LM, Granger RE, JohnstonGAR, *Paladini AC and *Marder M 'Central nervous system depressantaction of flavonoid glycosides', European Journal ofPharmacology, 2006, 539, 168-176 [PDF]

Greenwood JR, Mewett KN, Allan RD, *Martin BO, *Pickering DS(2006) '3-hydroxypyridazine 1-oxides as carboxylate bioisosteres: anew series of subtype-selective AMPA receptoragonists'. Neuropharmacology, 51, 52-59

Hanrahan JR, Mewett KN, Chebib M, Matos S, Eliopoulos CT, Crean C,Kumar RJ, Burden P, and Johnston GAR 'Diastereoselective synthesis of(±)-(3-aminocyclopentanyl)alkylphosphinic acids,conformationally restricted analogues of GABA, Organic &Biomolecular Chemistry, 2006, 4, 2642 - 2649 [PDF]

Huang SH, Duke RK, Chebib M, Sasaki K, Wada K and Johnston GAR(2006) Mixed antagonistic effects of bilobalide at rho1 GABA-Creceptors, Neuroscience, 2006, 137, 607-617 [PDF]

Johnston GAR, Hanrahan JR, Chebib M, Duke RK and Mewett KN.Modulation of ionotropic GABA receptors by natural products of plantorigin, Adv. Pharmacol., 2006, 54, 285-316 [PDF]

2005

Crittenden DL, Chebib M and **Jordan MJT 'Stabilization ofzwitterions in solution: GABA analogues' Journal of PhysicalChemistry A, 2005, 109, 4195-4201

Crittenden DL, Kumar RJ, Hanrahan JR, Chebib M and **Jordan MJT'Stabilization of zwitterions in solution: phosphinic and phosphonicacid GABA analogues' Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2005,109, 8398-8409

*Gibbs ME and Johnston GAR 'Opposing roles for GABA-A and GABA-Creceptors in short-term memory formation in young chicks'Neuroscience, 2005, 131, 567-576 [PDF]

Granger RE, Campbell EL and Johnston GAR '(+) and (-)-Borneol:efficacious positive modulators of GABA action at human recombinantalpha1beta2gamma2L GABA-A receptors' Biochemical Pharmacology,2005, 69, 1101-1111 [PDF]

Hall BJ, Chebib M, Hanrahan JR and Johnston GAR'6-Methylflavanone, a more efficacious positive allosteric modulatorof gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) action at human recombinantalpha2beta2gamma2L than at alpha1beta2gamma2L and alpha1beta2 GABA-Areceptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes', European Journal ofPharmacology, 2005, 512, 97-104 [PDF]

Henderson JM, Schleimer S, Allbutt H, Dabholkar V, Abela D, JovicJ and Quinlivan M 'Behavioural effects of parafascicular thalamiclesions in an animal model of parkinsonism', Behavioural BrainResearch 2005, 162, 222-232

James ML, Fulton RR, Henderson DJ,Eberl S, Meikle SR,ThomsonS, Allan RD, Dolle F, Fulham MJ, and Kassiou M. Synthesis and invivo evaluation of a novel peripheral benzodiazepine receptor PETradioligand, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 2005,13, 6188-6194

Johnston GAR , GABA-A receptor channel pharmacology, CurrentPharmaceutical Design, 2005, 11, 1867-1885 [PDF]

Schleimer SB, Johnston GAR and Henderson JM 'Novel oral drugadministration in an animal model of chronic neuroleptic therapy 'Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2005, 146, 159-164[PDF]

2004

Allan RD, Greenwood J, **Hambley TW, Hanrahan JR, **HibbsDE, **Itani S, Tran HW and **Turner P. 'Studies on Pyridazine AzideCyclisation Reactions' Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,2004, 2, 1782-1788

Campbell EL, Chebib M and Johnston GAR, 'The dietary flavonoidsapigenin and (-)-epigallocatechin gallate enhance the positivemodulation by diazepam of the activation by GABA of recombinantGABA-A receptors' Biochemical Pharmacology, 2004, 68,1631-1638 [PDF]

Carland JE, Moorhouse AJ, Barry PH, Johnston GAR and Chebib M'Charged residues at the 2' position of human GABA-C rho1 receptorsinvert ion selectivity and influence open state probability'Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004, 279, 54153-54169[PDF]

Carland JE, *Moore AM, Hanrahan JR, Mewett KN, Duke RK, JohnstonGAR and Chebib M, 'Mutations of the 2' proline in the M2domain of the human GABA-C rho1 subunit alter agonist responses'Neuropharmacology, 2004, 46, 770-781 [PDF]

Chebib M, Hanrahan JR, Mewett KN, Duke RK and Johnston GAR,'Ionotropic GABA receptors as therapeutic targets for memory andsleep disorders' Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, 2004,39, 13-23 [PDF]

Duje RK, Chebib M, **Hibbs DE, Mewett KN and Johnston GAR'Synthesis and resolution of 2-methyl analogues of GABA'Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2004, 15, 1745-1751 [PDF]

Hall BJ, Chebib M, Hanrahan JR and Johnston GAR'Flumazenil-independent positive modulation of GABA action by6-methylflavone at human recombinant alpha1, beta2, gamma2L andalpha1, beta2 GABA-A receptors' European J. Pharmacology,2004, 491, 1-8 [PDF]

Henderson DJ, *Eberl S, *Thomson S, *Smith A, Allan RD, *FulhamMJ, *Loiacono R, Kassiou M. (2004) 3-Pyridyl ethers as SPECTradioligands for imaging nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. ApplRadiation and Isotopes. 60(5):669-76.

Huang SH , Duke RK, Chebib M, Sasaki K, Wada K and Johnston GAR,Ginkgolides, diterpene trilactones of Ginkgo biloba, asantagonists at recombinant alpha1, beta2, gamma2L GABA-A receptorsEuropean Journal of Pharmacology, 2004, 494, 131-138[PDF]

Johnston GAR and *Beart PM, 'Flavonoids: some of the wisdom ofsage?' British Journal of Pharmacology, 2004, 142,809-810 [PDF]

**Lee NA, **Wang S, Allan RD and **Kennedy IR (2004) A rapidaflatoxin B1 ELISA: development and validation with reduced matrixeffects for peanuts, corn, pistachio, and Soybeans. J Agric FoodChem., 2004 , 52, 2746-55.

Schliemer SB, Hinton T, Dixon G and Johnston GAR 'GABAtransporters GAT-1 and GAT-3 in the human dorsolateral prefrontalcortex in schizophrenia' Neuropsychobiology, 2004, 50,226-230 [PDF]

2003

Chebib M, Duke RK, Connor M, Mewett KN and Johnston GAR 'Convulsant actions of calycanthine', Toxicology and AppliedPharmacology, 2003, 190, 58-64 [PDF]

Hanrahan JR, Chebib M, Davucheron NM, Hall BJ and Johnston GAR(2003) 'Semisynthetic preparation of amentoflavone: a negativemodulator at GABA-A receptors' Bioorganic & MedicinalChemistry Letters, 2003, 13, 2281-2284 [PDF]

**Hibbs DE, Hanrahan JR, **Hurtshouse MB, *Knight DW, **OvergaardJ, **Turner P, **Piltz RO and **Waller MP 'Experimental andtheoretical charge distribution in (Z)-N-methyl-C-phenylnitrone'Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2003, 1,1034-1040

Huang SH, Duke RK, Chebib M, *Sasaki K, *Wada K and Johnston GAR'Bilobalide, a sesquiterpene trilactone from Ginkgo biloba, isan antagonist at recombinant a1b2g2LGABA-A receptors' European Journal of Pharmacology, 2003,464, 1-8 [PDF]

Johnston GAR 'Dietary chemicals and brain function' Journal& Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 2003,135, 57-71 [PDF]

Johnston GAR, Chebib M, Hanrahan JR and Mewett KN 'GABA-Creceptors as drug targets' Current Drug Targets - CNS &Neurological Disorders, 2003, 2, 260-268 [PDF]

*Krehan D, *Frølund B, *Krogsgaard-Larsen, P, *Kehler J,Johnston GAR and Chebib M 'Phosphinic, phosphonic and seleninic acidbioisosteres of isonipecotic acid as novel and selective GABA-Creceptor antagonists' Neurochemistry International, 2003,42, 561-565 [PDF]

*Krehan D, *Frølund B, *Krogsgaard-Larsen, P, Johnston GARand Chebib M 'Aza-THIP and related analogues of THIP as GABA-Cantagonists', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2003,11, 4891-4896) [PDF]

**Waller MP, **Hibbs DE, Overgaard J, Hanrahan JR, **Hambley TW'Flavone' Acta Crystallographia, Section E. Structure ReportsOnline, 2003, E59, o767-768

2002

Duke RK, Chebib M, Duke CC, Johnston GAR and Roufogalis BD 'Ginkgobiloba - food for the brain' New Zealand Pharmacy, 2002,22(5), 27-33 [PDF]

Johnston GAR 'Medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology ofGABA-C receptors' Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2002, 2, 903-913 [PDF]

*Topliss JG, *Clark AM, *Ernst E., *Hufford C, Johnston GAR ,*Rimoldi JM and *Weimann BJ 'Natural and synthetic substances relatedto human health (IUPAC Technical Report)', Pure and AppliedChemistry, 2002, 74, 1957-1985 [PDF]

Vien J, Duke RK, Mewett KN, Johnston GAR, *Shingai R and Chebib M,'trans-4-Amino-2-methylbut-2-enoic acid (2-MeTACA) and(±)-trans-2-aminomethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid((±)-TAMP) can differentiate rat rho-3 from human rho-1 andrho-2 recombinant GABA-C receptors' British Journal ofPharmacology, 2002, 135, 883-890 [PDF]

2001

Chebib M 'Novel agents acting on GABA-C receptors: potentialcognitive enhancers' Chemistry in Australia, 2001,68(9), 19-21

Chebib M, Duke RK, Allan RD and Johnston GAR 'The effects ofcyclopentane and cyclopentene analogues of GABA at recombinant GABA-Creceptors' European Journal of Pharmacology, 430,185-192 [PDF]

Dodds HM, Hanrahan JR and Rivory LP 'The inhibition ofacetylcholinesterase by irinotecan and related camptothecins: keystructural properties and experimental variables' Anti-cancer DrugDesign, 2001, 16, 239-249

Farrar NS, Chambers NJ, Carlsson AR, **Denyer G and Johnston GAR'Effect of a series of novel sulfonylthioureas on glucose tolerancein the obese fa/fa Zucker rat' Clinical and ExperimentalPharmacology and Physiology, 2001, 28, 386-391 [PDF]

Hall BJ, Hanrahan JR, Johnston GAR, **Hambley TW and Hibbs DE'6-Methylflavone" Acta Crystallographia, 2001, E57,o592-o593) (http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?tk6019) [PDF]

Hanrahan JR, Mewett KN, Chebib M, Burden PM and Johnston GAR, Animproved, versatile synthesis of the GABA-C antagonists(1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridin-4-yl)methylphosphinic acid (TPMPA) and(piperidin-4-yl)methylphosphinic acid (P4MPA) J. Chem. Soc.,Perkin Trans. 1, 2001, 19, 2389 -2392 [PDF]

Hanrahan JR, *Knight DW and *Salter R 'On the characteristics ofreverse-Cope cyclizations of homoallylic sulfoxide nitrone adducts: ahighly stereoselective route to pyrrolidine-N-oxides' Synlee,2001, 10, 1587-1589

2000

Burden PM, Ai TH, Lin HQ, Akinci M, Costandi M, **HambleyTM and Johnston GAR 'Chiral derivatives of2-cyclohexylideneperhydro-4,7-methanoindenes, a novel class ofnonsteroidal androgen receptor ligand. Synthesis, X-ray analysis andbiological activity' Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2000,43, 4629-4635 [PDF]

Chebib M and Johnston GAR 'GABA-activated ligand gated ionchannels: medicinal chemistry and molecular biology' Journal ofMedicinal Chemistry, 2000, 43, 1427-1447 [PDF]

Chebib M and *Quinn RJ,'1-Phenylpyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines: Structure-activityrelationships for C6 substituents at A1 and A2a Adenosine receptors'Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, accepted 1.7.99

Duke RK, Chebib M, **Balcar VJ, Allan RD, Mewett KN and JohnstonGAR '(+)- and (-)-cis-2-Aminomethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acidshow opposite pharmacology at recombinant r1and r2 GABACreceptors' Journal of Neurochemistry, 2000, 75,2602-2610) [PDF]

Farrar N, 'New drug balances the diabetic see-saw' AustralasianScience, 2000, 21(9), 30-31

Johnston GAR 'The medicinal chemistry-molecular biology interface:recombinant receptors in the search for new drugs' in Technology& Health, Proceedings of the 13th Convocation of the Council ofAcademies of Engineering and Technological Sciences, ISBN2-7430-0386-3, Paris, France, 2000, pp 72-74

Johnston GAR 'GABA Chemistry: Analogs of GABA as therapeutic andinvestigational agents', in GABA in the Nervous System: The Viewat Fifty Years, Edited by David L. Martin and Richard W. Olsen,Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, USA,65-80

Johnston GAR, Chebib M, Duke RK 'Ionotropic GABA receptors: ligandgated ion channels' in Control and Diseases of Sodium DependentTransport Proteins and Ion Channels, Edited by Y Suketa, E Carafoli,M Lazdunski, K Mikoshiba, Y Okada and EM Wright, Elsevier Science,Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 369-372, 2000

*Li Y, *Wood N, Grimsley P, *Yellowlees D and Donelly PK 'In vitroinvasiveness of human breast cancer cells is promoted by low densitylipoprotein receptor-related protein' Invasion Metastasis,2000, 18, 240-251

**Lieb I, Chebib M, **Cooper B, **Dias LS and **Balcar VJ,'Quantitative Autoradiography of Na+-dependent[3H]L-aspartate binding to L-glutamatetransporters in rat brain: Structure-activity studies usingL-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate (L-t-PDC) and2-(Carboxycyclopropyl)-glycine (CCG)', NeurochemistryInternational, 2000, 36, 319-327

1999

Chebib M and Johnston GAR 'The ABC of GABA receptors: A briefreview', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology,1999, 26, 937-940 [PDF]

Chebib M, Johnston GAR, *Mattsson JP, *Rydström K, *NilssonK, *Qiu K, *Stevenson SH and *Silverman RB'Aminomethyl-2,6-difluorophenols as a novel class of increasedlipophilicity GABA-C receptor antagonists'Bioorganic &Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1999, 9, 3093-3098 [PDF]

Cooper EJ, Johnston GAR and Edwards FA 'Effects of a naturallyoccurring neurosteroid on GABA-A IPSCs during development in rathippocampal or cerebellar slices' Journal of Physiology, 1999,521.2, 437-449 [PDF]

*Cordato DJ, Chebib M, *Mather LE, *Herkes GK and Johnston GAR,Stereoselective interaction of thiopentone enantiomers with theGABAA receptor, British Journal of Pharmacology,1999, 128, 77-82 [PDF]

Johnston GAR, Chebib M, Duke RK, Mewett KN, Mitrovic AD andVandenberg RJ, Medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology of GABAreceptors and glutamate transporters: complementarystructure-activity relationships, Drug Development Research,1999, 46, 255-260 [PDF]

Lin HQ, Burden PM, Christie MJ and Johnston GAR, 'Theanxiogenic-like and anxiolytic-like effects of MDMA on mice in theelevated plus maze: a comparison with amphetamine', Pharmacology,Biochemistry and Behavior, 1999, 62, 403-408 [PDF]

Mitrovic AD, Maddison JE and Johnston GAR, 'Influence of theoestrous cycle on L-glutamate and L-aspartate transport in rat brainsynaptosomes', Neurochemistry International, 1999, 34,101-108 [PDF]

*Wang S, Allan RD, *Skerritt JH and **Kennedy IR, 'Development ofa compound-specific ELISA for flufenoxuron and an improvedclass-specific assay for benzoylphenylurea insect growth regulators',Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, 1999, 47,3416-3424

1998

Burden PM, Allan RD, **Hambley T and Johnston GAR, 'The Synthesisof 2-Cyclohexylideneoctahydro-4,7-methano-1H-indenes. Non-SteroidalAnalogues of Steroidal GABAA Receptor Modulators',Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, 1998,3163-3169. [PDF]

Chebib M, Mewett KN and Johnston GAR, 'GABAC receptorantagonists differentiate between human rho1 and rho2 receptorsexpressed in Xenopus oocytes', European Journal ofPharmacology, 1998, 357, 227-234. [PDF]

**Cooper B, Chebib M, **Shen J, **King NJC, **Kuchel PW,*Rothstein JD and **Balcar VJ, 'Structural selectivity and molecularnature of L-glutamate transport in cultured human fibroblasts',Archives of Biochemistry and Biophyscis, 1998, 353,356-364.

Duke RK, Allan RD, Chebib M, Greenwood JR and Johnston GAR,'Resolution and conformational analysis of diastereoisomers ofcis- andtrans--2-(aminomethyl)-1-carboxycyclopropanes', TetrahedronAsymmetry, 1998, 9, 2533-2548. [PDF]

Greenwood JR, Vaccarella G, Capper HR, Allan RD and Johnston GAR(1998) "Heterocycles as bioisosteres for the w-carboxylatemoiety of glutamate in AMPA receptor agonists: A review andtheoretical study". Internet Journal of Chemistry 1, 38

Lin HG, Burden PM and Johnston GAR, 'Propylene glycol elicitsanxiolytic-like responses to the elevated plus maze in male mice',Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 1998, 50,1127-1131.

Mitrovic AD, *Amara SG, Johnston GAR and Vandenberg RJ,'Identification of functional domains of the human glutamatetransporters EAAT1 and EAAT', Journal of Biological Chemistry,1998, 273, 14698-14706. [PDF]

Vandenberg RJ, 'Molecular pharmacology and physiology of glutamatetransporters' Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology andPhysiology, 1998, 25, 393-400.

Vandenberg RJ, Mitrovic AD and Johnston GAR, 'Serine-O-sulfatetransport by the human glutamate transporter EAAT2', BritishJournal of Pharmacology, 1998, 123, 1593-1600. [PDF]

Vandenberg RJ, Mitrovic AD and Johnston GAR, 'Molecular basis fordifferential inhibition of glutamate transporter subtypes by zincions' Molecular Pharmacology, 1998, 54, 189-19.[PDF]

*Wang S, Allan RD, *Skerritt JH and **Kennedy IR 'Development of aclass-specific competitive ELISA for the benzoylphenylureainsecticides' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,1998, 46, 3330-3338.

1997

Akinci MK and Johnston GAR 'Sex differences in the effects ofgonadectomy and acute swim stress on GABAA receptorbinding in mouse forebrain membranes', NeurochemistryInternational, 1997, 31, 1-10 [PDF]

Allan RD, Dickenson HW, Johnston GAR, Kazlauskas R and Mewett KN'Structural analogues of ZAPA as GABAA agonists',Neurochemistry International, 1997, 30, 583-59[PDF]

Chebib M and Johnston GAR 'Stimulation of [3-H]GABA and[3-H]beta-alanine release from rat brain slices bycis-4-aminocrotonic acid', Journal of Neurochemistry , 1997,68, 786-794 [PDF]

Chebib M and *Quinn RJ '1-Phenylpyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidinesas adenosine antagonists: the effects of substituents at C4 and C6',Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 5, 311-322

Chebib M, Vandenberg RJ, *Froestl W and Johnston GAR 'Unsaturatedphosphinic analogues of GABA as GABAC receptorantagonists', European Journal of Pharmacology, 1997,329, 223-239 [PDF]

Chebib C, Vandenberg RJ and Johnston GAR 'Analogues ofamma-aminobutryic acid (GABA) and trans--4-aminocrotonic acid (TACA)substituted in the 2 position as GABAC receptorantagonists', British Journal of Pharmacology, 1997,122, 1551-156 [PDF]

Greenwood JR, Capper HR, Allan RD and Johnston GAR 'Tautomerism ofhydroxy-pyridazines: the N-oxides', Journal of Molecular Structure(Theochem), 1997, 419, 97-11

Johnston GAR 'Cerebral chemistry', Chemistry in Australia,1997, 64(5), 34-36; reprinted in the AustralianChemistry Resource Book, 1997, 16, 67-72

Johnston GAR 'GABAC receptors: molecular biology,pharmacology and physiology'. In: The GABA Receptors, *EnnaSJ, *Bowery NG eds, 2nd edition, Humana Press, New Jersey, 1997,297-323

Maddalena DJ and *Snowdon GM 'Applications of genetic algorithmsto drug design', Expert Opinion in Therapeutic Patents, 1997,7, 247-254

Vandenberg R, Mitrovic A, Chebib M, **Balcar VJ and Johnston GAR'Contrasting modes of action of methylglutamate derivatives on theexcitatory amino acid transporters, EAAT1 and EAAT2', MolecularPharmacology, 1997, 51, 809-815 [PDF]

1996

Allan RD, Duke RK, **Hambley TW, Johnston GAR, Mewett KN, QuickertN and Tran HW ; Synthesis of unsaturated analogues of glutamic acidby amination of trianions from unsaturated dicarboxylic acids withchloramine', Aust. J. Chem., 1996, 49, 785-79)

Cooper EJ, Johnston GAR and Edwards FA 'Differential sensitivityduring development of GABA-mediated synaptic transmission to aneuroactive steroid in rat hippocampus and cerebellum'. In GABA :Receptors, Transporters and Metabolism, edited by C. Tanaka andN.G. Bowery, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1996, pp. 195-200

Dodd P, Kril JJ, *Thomas GJ, Watson WEJ, Johnston GAR and **HarperCG 'Receptor binding sites and uptake activities mediating GABAneurotransmission in chronic alcoholics with Wernickeencephalopathy', Brain Research, 1996, 710, 215-228

Greenwood JR, Vaccarella G, Capper HR, Mewett KN, Allan RD andJohnston GAR 'Theoretical studies on the free-radical bromination ofmethyl-pyridazines in the synthesis of novel heterocyclic analoguesof neurotransmitters', Journal of Molecular Structure (Theochem),1996, 368, 235-243

Johnston GAR 'GABAA receptor pharmacology',Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 1996, 69, 173-198

Johnston GAR 'Small molecules as drugs',Chemistry inAustralia, 1996, 64, 212-213

Johnston GAR 'GABA-C receptors: relatively simpletrnasmitter-gated ion channels? Trends in PharmacologicalSciences, 1996, 17, 319-323 [PDF]

Maddison JE, Watson WEJ and Johnston GAR 'Synaptosomal and brainslice cerebrocortical 3H-L-glutamate uptake in a rat modelof hepatic encephalopathy', Neurochemistry International,1996, 28, 89-93

1995

Allan RD, Apostopoulos C and **Hambley TW 'The synthesis andstructure of a cyclobutane analogue of glutamic acid with an aceticacid sidechain', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1995,48, 919-928

Duke DK, Allan RD, **Duke CC, **Hambley TW, Johnston GAR, MewettKN and Mitrovic AD 'Idiospermuline, a trimeric pyrroldinoindolinealkaloid from the seed of Idiospermum australiense ',Journal of Natural Products Lloydia, 1995 58,1200-1208

Johnston GAR 'GABA receptor pharmacology'. In PharmacologicalSciences: Perspectives for Research and Therapy in the late 1990s,edited by AC Cuello and B Collier, Birkhäuser, Basel, 1995,pp. 11-15

Maddalena DJ and Johnston GAR 'Prediction of receptor propertiesand binding affinity of ligands to benzodiazepine/GABA-A receptorsusing artificial neural networks', Journal of MedicinalChemistry, 1995, 38, 715-724)

1994

*Frydenvang K, *Krogsgaard-Larsen P, *Hansen JJ, Mitrovic A, TranH, Drew CA and Johnston GAR 'GABAB antagonists:resolution, absolute stereochemistry and pharmacology of (R)- and(S)-phaclofen, Chirality, 1994, 6, 583-589

Johnston GAR 'GABAC receptors', Progress in BrainResearch, 1994, 100, 61-65

Johnston GAR 'GABA receptors - as complex as ABC?', Clinicaland Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 1994, 21,521-526

Maddalena DJ and Johnston GAR 'Application of neural networks toquantitative structure-activity relationships ofbenzodiazepine/GABAA receptor binding compounds' In TheChallenge of Neuropharmacology, a Tribute to the Memory of WillyHaefely, edited by H. Möhler & M. Da Prada, EditionesRoche, Basel, 1994, pages 136-139

Mitrovic AD and Johnston GAR 'Regional differences in theinhibition of L-glutamate and L-aspartate sodium-dependent highaffinity uptake systems in rat CNS synaptosomes byL-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate,threo-3-hydroxy-D-aspartate and D-aspartate',Neurochemistry International, 1994, 24, 583-588

1993

Akinci MK and Johnston GAR 'Sex differences in acute swim stressinduced changes in the binding of MK-801 to the NMDA subclass ofglutamate receptors in mouse forebrain ', Journal ofNeurochemistry, 1993, 61, 2290-2293)

Burden PM and Allan RD 'A facile synthesis of2-imino-1-pyrrolidinealkanoic acids', 1993, 23, 1195-1199

Dodd PR, Leong PR and Johnston GAR 'A Huntington Disease factorwhich inhibits [3H]kainate binding also blockssynaptosomal amino acid transport in rat brain', NeurochemistryInternational, 1993, 23, 131-13

Duke RK, Allan RD, Drew CA, Johnston GAR, Mewett KN, *Long MA and*Than C 'The preparation of tritiated E- andZ-4-aminobut-2-enoic acids, conformationally restrictedanalogues of the inhibitory neurotransmitter 4-aminobutanoic acid(GABA)', Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals, 1993, 33, 527-540

Duke RK, Allan RD, Drew CA, Johnston GAR, Mewett KN, *Long MA and*Than C 'The synthesis and resolution of tritiated4-amino-3-phenylbutanoic acid ([3H]R- and[3H]S-beta-phenylGABA', Journal of LabelledCompounds and Radiopharmaceuticals, 1993, 33, 767-775

1992

Capper HR, Mewett KN, Allan RD and Johnston GAR 'Molecularmodelling of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor agonists andantagonists', Molecular Neuropharmacology, 1992, 2,83-87

Davies LP, Drew CA, *Duffield PM Johnston GAR and *Jamieson DD'Kava pyrones and resin: studies on GABAA,GABAB and benzodiazepine binding sites in rodent brain',Pharmacology & Toxicology, 1992, 71, 120-126)

Dodd PR, *Williams SH, Gundlach AL, *Harper PAW, *Healy PJ,*Dennis JA and Johnston GAR 'The glutamate and GABA neurotransmittersystems in the acute phase of maple syrup urine disease andcitrullinaemia encephalopathies in newborn calves', J.Neurochem., 1992, 59, 582-590)

Johnston GAR 'GABAA agonists as targets for drugdevelopment', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology andPhysiology, 1992, 19, 73-78

Johnston GAR and Akinci MK 'Stress-induced changes inGABAA binding sites', Molecular Neuropharmacology,1992, 2, 151-154)

1991

Allan RD, Dickenson HW, Duke RK and Johnston GAR 'ZAPA, asubstrate for the neuronal high affinity GABA uptake system in ratbrain slices ', Neurochemistry International, 1991, 18,63-67

Burden PM, Capper HR, Allan RD and Johnston GAR 'The synthesis of1,8-disubstituted 10,11-dihydrodibenz-[b,f]oxepin-10-ones.Analogues of anaesthetic steroids', J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans.1, 1991, 3291-3294

Fletcher EJ and Johnston GAR 'Regional heterogeneity ofL-glutamate and L-aspartate high affinity uptake systems in the ratCNS', J. Neurochem., 1991, 57, 911-914

Fletcher EJ, Mewett KN, Drew CA, Allan RD and Johnston GAR'Inhibition of high affinity L-glutamic acid uptake into rat corticalsynaptosomes by the conformationally restricted analogue of glutamicacid, cis-1-aminocyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid',Neuroscience Letters, 1991, 121, 133-135

Johnston GAR 'GABAA antagonists', Seminars in theNeurosciences, 1991, 3, 205-210

Maddison JE, Watson WEJ, Dodd PR and Johnston GAR 'Alterations incortical [3H]-kainate and[3H]-AMPA binding in a spontaneous animal model ofchronic hepatic encephalopathy ', J. Neurochem., 1991,56, 1881-1888

1990

Allan RD and Apostopoulos C 'Synthesis of substituted(+)-bicuculline derivatives via chloromethylation', AustralianJournal of Chemistry, 1990, 43, 1259-1268

Allan RD, Apostoloulos C and Richardson JA'2-Imino-1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives of GABA as GABAAantagonists', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1990,43, 1767-1772

Allan RD, Bates MC, Drew CA, Duke RK, *Hambley TW, Johnston GAR,Mewett KN and Spence I 'A new synthesis, resolution and invitro activities of (R)- and (S)-beta-phenyl-GABA',Tetrahedron, 1990, 46, 2511-2524

Allan RD, Drew CA, Ong J and Tran HW 'Thioether analogues ofbaclofen, phaclofen and saclofen', Neuroscience Letters, 1990,112, 223-228

Allan RD, Hanrahan JR, **Hambley TW, Johnston GAR, Mewett KN andMitrovic AD 'Synthesis and activity of a potentN-methyl-D-aspartic acid agonist,trans--1-aminocyclobutane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, and relatedphosphonic and carboxylic acids', Journal of MedicinalChemistry, 1990, 33, 2905-2915

Allan RD and Tran HW 'Facile synthesis of beta-phenylethylaminederivatives related to baclofen via aziridine ring opening',Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1990, 43,1123-1127

Bolden SW, Hambley JW, Johnston GAR and Rogers LJ 'Neonatal stressand long-term modulation of GABA receptors in rat brain'Neuroscience Letters, 1990, 111, 258-262

Dickenson HW, Duke RK, Balcar VJ, Allan RD and Johnston GAR'Binding to rat brain membranes of(+)-trans-(1S,3S)-3-aminocyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid,(+)-TACP, a selective GABA-A receptor agonist' MolecularNeuropharmacology, 1990, 1, 1-6)

Drew CA, Spence I and Johnston GAR 'Effect of chronic exposure tolead on GABA binding in developing rat brain' NeurochemistryInternational, 1990, 17, 43-51

Drew CA, Johnston GAR, Kerr DIB and Ong J 'Inhibition of baclofenbinding to rat cerebellar membranes by phaclofen, saclofen,3-aminopropylphosphinic acid and related GABA-A receptor antagonists'Neuroscience Letters, 1990, 113, 107-110

Gundlach AL, Grabara CSG, Johnston GAR and Harper PAW 'Receptoralterations associated with spinal motoneuron degeneration in bovineAkabane disease' Annals of Neurology, 1990, 27,513-519)

Huang JH and Johnston GAR'(+)-Hydrastine, a potent competitiveantagonist at mammalian GABA-A receptors' Brit. J. Pharmac.,1990, 99, 727-730

Johnston GAR ' Anxiety, steroids and GABA receptors' inAnxiety, N. McNaughton and G. Andrews, eds, University ofOtago Press, Dunedin, 1990, pp. 201-212)

Johnston GAR 'Anxiety chemistry' Chemistry in Australia,1990, 57, 334-337; reprinted in Australian ChemistryResource Book, 1991, 10, 15-21

Kerr DIB, Ong J and Johnston GAR 'Stress and cortisol modulationof GABA receptors' Stress & Anxiety, 1990, 13,209-213

Lummis SCR, Gundlach AL, Johnston GAR, Harper PAW and Dodd PR'Increased GABA receptor function in cerebral cortex of calves withan inherited deficit of spinal glycine/strychnine receptors' J.Neurochem., 1990, 55, 421-426

Maddison JE, Leong DK, Dodd PR and Johnston GAR, Plasma GABA-likeactivity in rats with hepatic encephalopathy is due to GABA andtaurine Hepatology, 1990, 11, 105-110

Ong J, Harrison NL, Hall RG, Barker JL, Johnston GAR and Kerr DIB'3-Aminopropanephosphinic acid is a potent agonist at peripheral andcentral presynaptic GABA-B receptors' Brain Research, 1990,526, 138-142)

Ong J, Kerr DIB, Capper HR and Johnston GAR 'Cortisone, a potentGABA-A antagonist in the guinea-pig isolated ileum' J. Pharm.Pharmacol., 1990, 42, 662-664)

Ong J, Kerr DIB, Johnston GAR and Hall RG 'Differing actions ofbaclofen and 3-amino-propylphosphinic acid in rat neocortical slices'Neuroscience Letters, 1990, 109, 169-173

Ong J, Kerr DIB and Johnston GAR 'Effects of potassium channelblockers on baclofen-induced suppression of paroxysmal discharges inrat neo-cortical slices' Neuroscience Letters, 1990,112, 216-222


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