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December 2004 in “Neuropharmacology” Progesterone reduces anxiety without needing progesterone receptors.
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August 2018 in “Psychiatry research” This study found that estazolam improved PTSD-like behavior deficits in an animal model, which was linked to increased allopregnanolone levels in specific brain regions.
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July 2016 in “Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics” This study found that GD-23, a dipeptide ligand of TSPO, exhibited an anxiolytic effect in the elevated plus maze test, which was inhibited by selective neurosteroid synthesis inhibitors, suggesting a neurosteroidogenic mechanism.
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January 2008 in “Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior” AC-5216 reduces anxiety in mice through neurosteroids affecting GABAA receptors.
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November 2018 in “Medicinal Chemistry” The authors concluded that newly synthesized N-acyl-L-tryptophanyl-isoleucine amides showed high anxiolytic activity in animal models, comparable to diazepam, through interaction with the TSPO receptor.