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| Formula | C7H9NO5 |
| Molar mass | 187.151 g·mol−1 |
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LY-379,268 is a drug that is used in neuroscience research, which acts as a potent and selective agonist for the group II metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR2/3).
It is derived from the older mGluR group II agonist eglumegad, [1] and led on to the development of the more potent compound LY-404,039, [2] but is still widely used in research itself. LY-379,268 has sedative, neuroprotective, anti-addictive and anticonvulsant effects in animals, [3] [4] [5] and blocks the effects of PCP and DOI, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] which has led to research into LY-379,268 and similar compounds as antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia in animals. [11] [12]
There are inconsistent findings about an additional activity as a dopamine D2 receptor partial agonist. [13] [14]