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Abuse and Dependence Liability of GABAA-Receptor Modulators
Ligands that act at γ-aminobutyric type A (GABAA) receptors, in particular the benzodiazepines and related drugs, have broad clinical use but also... -
Chiral selective effects of doxazosin enantiomers on blood pressure and urinary bladder pressure in anesthetized rats
Aim:To study chiral selective effects of doxazosin enantiomers on blood pressure and urinary bladder pressure in anesthetized rats.
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5HT3 antagonism abolishes the emotion potentiated startle effect in humans
RationaleThe serotonergic system has been implicated in emotional processing in animals and humans. Although the contribution of different receptor...
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Acquisition and extinction of a conditioned passive avoidance reflex in mice with genetic knockout of monoamine oxidase A
We report here the results obtained from comparative analysis of learning and the dynamics of extinction of a conditioned passive avoidance response...
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Animal Models of Anxiety
Anxiety is a complex neurobehavioral disorder that often includes co-morbid features, e.g., obsessive-compulsive behavior. Animal models can be... -
Patent issues in drug development: Perspectives of a pharmaceutical scientist-attorney
The major purpose of this article is to emphasize the need for pharmaceutical scientists to have a better understanding of patent fundamentals. This...
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Treatment of cerebellar ataxia with 5-HT1A agonist
Effective, pharmacologic approaches to the treatment of cerebellar ataxia are lacking or inadequate. We recently reported preliminary evidence that...
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Transgenic Mouse Models and Human Psychiatric Disease
Genetic susceptibility to common psychiatric disease arises from the complex interactions between a multitude of genes and an unknown number of... -
NMDA Receptors Mediate Consolidation of Contextual Memory in the Hippocampus after Context Preexposure
Male Wistar rats received bilateral infusions of vehicle (VEH) or aminophosphonopentanoic acid (AP5), an N -metil-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor...
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Animal Models of Psychosis
Although the thinking and affective and social disturbances of psychosis and schizophrenia may not be easily modeled, if at all, in infrahuman... -
A Model of Anxious Depression: Persistence of Behavioral Pathology
Chronic psychoemotional stress induced by negative experience of social defeats in intermale confrontations over a period of 30 days was found to...
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Advances in the treatment of anxiety: Targeting glutamate
Our current psychopharmacological treatments for anxiety disorders evince a number of shortcomings, including troublesome side effects and lack of...
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Metabolism and Receptor Binding of Serotonin in Brain Structures During Performance of a Conditioned Passive Avoidance Response
The levels of serotonin and its metabolite 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, monoamine oxidase activity, and the specific binding of the radioligand [ 3 H]ser...
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The Serotonin 1A A Receptor: A Representative Member of the Serotonin Receptor Family
1. Serotonin is an intrinsically fluorescent biogenic amine that acts as a neurotransmitter and is found in a wide variety of sites in the central...
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Positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography in central nervous system drug development
In this review, the value of functional imaging [positron emission tomography (PET)/single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)] in drug...
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The wide spectrum of spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs)
Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders. Current molecular classification corresponds to the order of gene...
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Role of Nitric Oxide on Motor Behavior
The present review paper describes results indicating the influence of nitric oxide (NO) on motor control. Our last studies showed that systemic...
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Orexin A promotes histamine, but not norepinephrine or serotonin, release in frontal cortex of mice
Aim:To investigate the effects of orexin A on release of histamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin in the frontal cortex of mice.
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