CGS 8216, a benzodiazepine receptor antagonist, enhances learning and memory in mice

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

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Benzodiazepine impairs and β-carboline enhances performance in learning and memory tasks

Patrice Venault, Georges Chapouthier, Lia Prado de Carvalho et al. · Nature · 1986 · 504 citations

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A three-state model of the benzodiazepine receptor explains the interactions between the benzodiazepine antagonist Ro 15-1788, benzodiazepine tranquilizers, ?-carbolines, and phenobarbitone

Petar Polc, E. P. Bonetti, R. Schaffner et al. · Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology · 1982 · 314 citations

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Experimental methods for the study of state-dependent learning.

Overton Da · PubMed · 1974 · 243 citations

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2-Arylpyrazolo[4,3-c]quinolin-3-ones: a novel agonist, a partial agonist and an antagonist of benzodiazepines

Naokata Yokoyama, Barry Ritter, Alan D. Neubert · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 1982 · 215 citations

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