Unexpected absence of correlation between the genetic mechanisms regulating beta-carboline-induced seizures and anxiety manifested in an elevated plus-maze test.

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Among the ligands of the benzodiazepine site, one can mention the benzodiazepines as agonists and some beta-carbolines (e.g. methyl-beta-carboline-3-carboxylate, abbreviated hereafter beta-CCM) as inverse agonists. Most benzodiazepines and beta-carbolines act on processes involved in memory, anxiety, and convulsions with opposite physiological effects. Since these molecules have influences on both anxiety and...

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