Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: flumazenil is probably acutely neurotoxic » phidippus

Posted by SLS on September 11, 2012, at 19:54:48

In reply to Re: flumazenil is probably acutely neurotoxic » SLS, posted by phidippus on September 11, 2012, at 17:28:06

> "administration of the benzodiazepine receptor antagonist flumazenil (4 mg/kg, IP) elicited a marked increase (95 or 60%) in dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens"
>
> That's a huge increase in dopamine.
>
> Eric

That might be supportive of what Linkadge often says about too much dopamine activity in certain regions of the brain causing rather than relieving depressive symptoms. I guess it depends on the circuitry.


- Scott

Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.

- George Bernard Shaw

 

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post

Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:SLS thread:1025108
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20120830/msgs/1025429.html