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Anxiolytic Action

Anxiolytic Action is a pharmacological effect belonging to the class of central nervous system drug actions, distinguished by its specific attenuation of anxiety through modulation of neurotransmitter systems such as the enhancement of GABAergic inhibition.

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Précis of<i>The neuropsychology of anxiety: An enquiry into the functions of the septo-hippocampal system</i>

Jeffrey A. Gray · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1982 · 4.5K citations

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Anxiolytic and anxiogenic drug effects on exploratory activity in an elevated plus-maze: A novel test of anxiety in the rat

Sharon Pellow, Sandra E. File · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · 1986 · 1.5K citations

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Preliminary report of a simple animal behavior model for the anxiolytic effects of benzodiazepines

Jacqueline N. Crawley, Frederick K. Goodwin · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · 1980 · 1.4K citations

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Modulation of anxiety through blockade of anandamide hydrolysis

Satish Kathuria, Silvana Gaetani, Darren Fegley et al. · Nature Medicine · 2002 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Reconciling the role of central serotonin neurons in human and animal behavior

Philippe Soubrié · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1986 · 1K citations

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Authors

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  1. SE
    Sandra E. File

    University of London, United Kingdom

    62 publications · 7K citations

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  2. DT
    Dallas Treit

    University of Alberta, Canada

    35 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. FS
    Francisco Silveira Guimarães

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    30 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. HZ
    Hélio Zangrossi

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    29 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. RR
    R.J. Rodgers

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    21 publications · 1.7K citations

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  1. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    40 h-index

    256 publications

    15.5K citations

  2. Maj Institute of Pharmacology

    Krakow, Poland

    29 h-index

    137 publications

    8.9K citations

  3. Universidade de Ribeirão Preto

    Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    28 h-index

    66 publications

    4.8K citations

  4. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    27 h-index

    134 publications

    8.8K citations

  5. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    26 h-index

    73 publications

    7.8K citations

  6. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Florianópolis, Brazil

    25 h-index

    142 publications

    5.6K citations

  7. Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz

    Mexico City, Mexico

    23 h-index

    60 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    101 publications

    5.3K citations

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  1. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

    199 publications · 15.9K citations

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  2. Psychopharmacology

    175 publications · 12.3K citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 224 publications · 8.2K citations

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  4. European Journal of Pharmacology

    EJP · 91 publications · 5.4K citations

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  5. Neuropharmacology

    66 publications · 3.9K citations

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