Gaboxadol - A new awakening in sleep

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 30-36

  Wafford, Keith A ^a   Ebert, Bjarke ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; ARECAIDINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHLORIDE ION; DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; GABOXADOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MUSCIMOL; NEUROSTEROID; NEW DRUG; PROGABIDE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; THIOMUSCIMOL; TIAGABINE; VALPROIC ACID;

CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; VOMITING;

EID: 30844459436     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2005.10.004     Document Type: Review

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