Anticonvulsants as anxiolytics, part 1: tiagabine and other anticonvulsants with actions on GABA.
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BRAINSTORMS is a monthly section of The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry aimed at providing updates of novel concepts emerging from the neurosciences that have relevance to the practicing psychiatrist. From the Neuroscience Education Institute in Carlsbad, Calif., and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego. Reprint requests to: Stephen M. Stahl, M.D., Ph.D., Editor, BRAINSTORMS, Neuroscience Education Institute, 5857 Owens Street, Ste. 102, Carlsbad, CA 92009. GABA AND ANXIETY
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of clinical psychiatry
دوره 65 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004