Plasma neurotransmitter profiles of anxiety, phobia and panic disorder patients. Acute and chronic effects of buspirone

Research Communications in Biological Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 113-156

  Lechin, Fuad ^a,e   Van Der Dijs, Bertha ^a   Jara, Hector ^a   Orozco, Beatriz ^a   Baez, Scarlet ^a   John, Eduardo ^a   Benaim, Mireya ^b   Lechin, Ernesto ^a   Lechin, Marcel E ^c   Jimenez, Vladimir ^a   Lechin, Alex E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUSPIRONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PANIC; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 6544291731     PISSN: 03622428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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