Phenibut (β-phenyl-GABA): A tranquilizer and nootropic drug

CNS Drug Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 471-481

  Lapin, Izyaslav ^a  

^a Bekhterev St Petersburg Psychoneurological Research Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Anxiety; Anxiolytic; Baclofen; Cognition enhancement; GABA; Nootropic; PEA; Phenethylamine; Phenibut

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMINE; BACLOFEN; CARBOXYL GROUP; DIAZEPAM; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PHENETHYLAMINE; PHENYL GROUP; PIRACETAM; TRANQUILIZER;

ANXIETY; ASTHENIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEAR; ISOMER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLEEP; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STUTTERING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

EID: 0035727708     PISSN: 1080563X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-3458.2001.tb00211.x     Document Type: Review

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