Tiagabine hydrochloride hydrate is a potent and selective GABA uptake inhibitor, used as an anticonvulsant agent, with IC50s of 67, 446 and 182 nM for [3H]GABA uptake in Synaptosomes, Neurons and Glia, respectively[1].
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