Plasma gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) levels in cholecystokinine-tetrapeptide (CCK-4) induced anxiety

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 313-316

  Zwanzger, P ^a   Jarry, H ^b   Eser, D ^a   Padberg, F ^a   Baghai, T ^a   Schule, C ^a   Ella, R ^a   Moller H J ^a   Rupprecht, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; CCK 4; GABA; Plasma levels

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; TETRAGASTRIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; TETRAGASTRIN;

EID: 0037348109     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-002-0774-8     Document Type: Article

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