The pyrazolopyridines are a group of drugs investigated as anxiolytics which act as positive allosteric modulators of the GABAA receptor via the barbiturate binding site.[1][2] They include the following compounds:
- Cartazolate (SQ-65,396)
- Etazolate (SQ-20,009)
- ICI-190,622
- Tracazolate (ICI-136,753)
- ^ Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry: Volume 16. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 1981. ISBN 0-12-040516-4.
- ^ Progress in Drug Research / Volume 31 (Progress in Drug Research). Boston: Birkhauser. 1987. ISBN 3-7643-1837-6.