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Tranquilizing Agents

Known as: tranquillisers, Tranquilizers, anxiolytic drugs 
A traditional grouping of drugs said to have a soothing or calming effect on mood, thought, or behavior. Included here are the ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (29)

4-amino-3-phenylbutyric acidAdumbranAmitriptylineAnti-Anxiety Agents
AnticonvulsantsAntiemeticsAntihypertensive AgentsBenzodiazepines

Broader (4)

Central Nervous System DepressantsHypnotics and SedativesPharmaceutical Preparationspsychopharmacologic agent

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Electrophysiological Actions of Neuropeptide Y and Its Analogs: New Measures for Anxiolytic Therapy?
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Phenothiazine antagonism of calmodulin: a structurally-nonspecific interaction.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Role of the periaqueductal gray substance in the antianxiety action of benzodiazepines
Review
1974
Review
1974
Beta-adrenergic receptor blocking drugs in psychiatry.
Beta-adrenergic receptor blocking drugs have been employed in a variety of psychiatric conditions with variable success. The beta… 
Review
1973
Review
1973
Psychotropic drugs in use today. The role of diazepam in medical practice.
  • B. Blackwell
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1973
  • Corpus ID: 42711584
Until the discovery of chlorpromazine in 1952, there were no specific drug treatments in psychiatry, only sedatives and… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Chapter 6 – Long-term Intravenous Infusion
Review
1969
Review
1969
A critical review and evaluation of smoking control methods.
MORE than 21 million persons in the United States have given up smoking. Millions of other smokers have attempted to stop… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
THE SURFACE ACTIVITY OF TRANQUILIZERS.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Experimentally induced changes in the free selection of ethanol.
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Ataractic suppression of isolation-induced aggressive behavior.
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