Role of GABA in memory and anxiety

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 100-110

  Kalueff, A ^a,b   Nutt, D J ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; benzodiazepine; GABA; inverse agonists; memory; seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4' CHLORODIAZEPAM; ALPRAZOLAM; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; LORAZEPAM; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENTETRAZOLE; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TETRAHYDROPROGESTERONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NERVE NET;

EID: 0030439842     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1996)4:3<100::AID-DA2>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Review

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