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  • adjective organic chemistry Of or pertaining to any of several isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a butyric radical is replaced by an amino group.

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Examples

  • Both classes of drugs activate the neurotransmitter that induces sleep, the gamma-aminobutyric acid GABA receptor complex.

    Z drugs keep sleep-aid market awake Leslie Tamura 2011

  • Both classes of drugs activate the neurotransmitter that induces sleep, the gamma-aminobutyric acid GABA receptor complex.

    Z drugs keep sleep-aid market awake Leslie Tamura 2011

  • Over time, drinking alcohol alters the balance of some chemicals in your brain, such as gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which inhibits impulsiveness, and glutamate, which excites the nervous system.

    Gladwell: cultural norms affect drinking! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • Both classes of drugs activate the neurotransmitter that induces sleep, the gamma-aminobutyric acid GABA receptor complex.

    Z drugs keep sleep-aid market awake Leslie Tamura 2011

  • This enzyme controls the production of a crucial brain chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) necessary for brain cells to communicate properly without getting overly stimulated.

    Medical Mystery: A Girl Loses Her Mind 2010

  • Hawkinson, JE, et al. Correlation of neuroactive steroid modulation of [355] t-butylbicyclophosphorothionate and [3H] flunitrazepam binding and gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor function.

    T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010

  • Dream Water contains melatonin, a hormone which has been shown to aid sleep in healthy people and help fight insomnia (it gets a B from Natural Standard), as well as the amino acid 5-hydroxytryptophan and the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid.

    Drinks Intended to Calm You Laura Johannes 2010

  • Gerbstadt says some foods could theoretically work by mimicking powerful and potentially dangerous drugs such as benzodiazepine that boost the action of the brain chemical gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the central nervous system.

    Do you know which of these will help you sleep? 2010

  • Dream Water contains melatonin, a hormone which has been shown to aid sleep in healthy people and help fight insomnia (it gets a B from Natural Standard), as well as the amino acid 5-hydroxytryptophan and the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid.

    Drinks Intended to Calm You Laura Johannes 2010

  • Dream Water contains melatonin, a hormone which has been shown to aid sleep in healthy people and help fight insomnia (it gets a B from Natural Standard), as well as the amino acid 5-hydroxytryptophan and the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid.

    Drinks Intended to Calm You Laura Johannes 2010

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