Enigma of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 629-650

  Gavish, Moshe ^a   Bachman, Idit ^a   Shoukrun, Rami ^a   Katz, Yeshayahu ^a,b   Veenman, Leo ^a   Weisinger, Gary ^c   Weizman, Abraham ^d,e  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4' CHLORODIAZEPAM; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; TENOCYCLIDINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; BRAIN PROTECTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0032707529     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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