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Benzodiazepines

Known as: Benzodiazepine, Benzodiazepine Compounds, Benzodiazepines [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Drugs from this chemical class are used for their central nervous system depressant properties including sedation, facilitation of sleep, seizure… 
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Summary of product characteristics
4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 Therapeutic Indications Trimetazidine is indicated in adults as add-on therapy for the symptomatic… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis.
Review
2003
Review
2003
The open field as a paradigm to measure the effects of drugs on anxiety-like behaviors: a review.
Review
2002
Review
2002
A new benzodiazepine pharmacology.
Classical benzodiazepine drugs are in wide clinical use as anxiolytics, hypnotics, anticonvulsants, and muscle relaxants. They… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Sedative but not anxiolytic properties of benzodiazepines are mediated by the GABAA receptor α1 subtype
Inhibitory neurotransmission in the brain is largely mediated by GABAA receptors. Potentiation of GABA receptor activation… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Benzodiazepine actions mediated by specific γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor subtypes
GABAA (γ-aminobutyric acidA) receptors are molecular substrates for the regulation of vigilance, anxiety, muscle tension… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
What is the role of dopamine in reward: hedonic impact, reward learning, or incentive salience?
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Importance of a novel GABAA receptor subunit for benzodiazepine pharmacology
NEUROTRANSMISSION effected by GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) is predominantly mediated by a gated chloride channel intrinsic to the… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Selective antagonists of benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines produce most, if not all, of their numerous effects on the central nervous system (CNS) primarily by increasing… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Benzodiazepine receptor: demonstration in the central nervous system
Diazepam, a potent minor tranquilizer, binds with high affinity to a specific benzodiazepine receptor that occurs exclusively in… 
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