Assessment of GABA(A) benzodiazepine receptor (GBzR) sensitivity in patients on benzodiazepines

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 180-184

  Potokar, John ^a   Coupland, Nick ^b   Wilson, Sue ^a   Rich, Ann ^a   Nutt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; GABA(A) receptor; Saccadic eye movement; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; NITRAZEPAM; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SEDATION;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SACCADES;

EID: 0032852037     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130051104     Document Type: Article

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