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Effect of diazepam on plasma gamma-aminobutyric acid in sons of alcoholic fathers.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 1996
Cowley D S, Roy-Byrne P P, Greenblatt D J, Kramer G L, Petty F
Abstract excerpt
A subgroup of abstinent alcoholics, display low levels of plasma gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Two previous studies of plasma GABA in sons of alcoholic fathers (SOAs) have yielded conflicting results. The aim of the current study was to measure plasma GABA both at baseline and after challenge with diazepam, a GABAA receptor agonist, in a group of SOAs already shown to display decreased eye movement, memory, and...
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