News tagged with anxiolytics

New mechanisms of action found for drugs used to treat anxiety disorders

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the course of his or her life, every seventh German will develop an anxiety disorder that will require treatment. Standard anti-anxiety medications (anxiolytics) are based on the benzodiazepine ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

Jun 23, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0

Gene knockout may cheer up mice

Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knocko ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 12, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0