The behavioural and neuronal effects of the chronic administration of benzodiazepine anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-97

  Hutchinson, Mark A ^a   Smith, Paul F ^a   Darlington, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029895184     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(96)00011-1     Document Type: Review

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