Anti-Anxiety Agents

"Anti-Anxiety Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Agents that alleviate ANXIETY, tension, and ANXIETY DISORDERS, promote sedation, and have a calming effect without affecting clarity of consciousness or neurologic conditions. ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS are commonly used in the symptomatic treatment of anxiety but are not included here.

Descriptor ID	D014151
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.696.277.950.015 D27.505.954.427.210.950.015 D27.505.954.427.700.872.015
Concept/Terms	Anti-Anxiety Agents Anti-Anxiety Agents Agents, Anti-Anxiety Anti Anxiety Agents Anxiolytic Agents Agents, Anxiolytic Tranquilizing Agents, Minor Agents, Minor Tranquilizing Minor Tranquilizing Agents Tranquillizing Agents, Minor Agents, Minor Tranquillizing Minor Tranquillizing Agents Anti-Anxiety Drugs Anti Anxiety Drugs Drugs, Anti-Anxiety Anxiolytics Anti-Anxiety Effect Anti-Anxiety Effect Anti Anxiety Effect Effect, Anti-Anxiety Anxiolytic Effects Effects, Anxiolytic Antianxiety Effects Effects, Antianxiety Anxiolytic Effect Effect, Anxiolytic Anti-Anxiety Effects Anti Anxiety Effects Effects, Anti-Anxiety Antianxiety Effect Effect, Antianxiety

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Physiological Effects of Drugs [D27.505.696]
Central Nervous System Depressants [D27.505.696.277]
Tranquilizing Agents [D27.505.696.277.950]
Anti-Anxiety Agents [D27.505.696.277.950.015]
Therapeutic Uses [D27.505.954]
Central Nervous System Agents [D27.505.954.427]
Central Nervous System Depressants [D27.505.954.427.210]
Tranquilizing Agents [D27.505.954.427.210.950]
Anti-Anxiety Agents [D27.505.954.427.210.950.015]
Psychotropic Drugs [D27.505.954.427.700]
Tranquilizing Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.872]
Anti-Anxiety Agents [D27.505.954.427.700.872.015]

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Bar chart showing 16 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	2	0	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	2	0	2
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	1	2
2012	1	0	1
2015	0	1	1
2021	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1

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Nayak AP, An SS. Anxiolytics for Bronchodilation: Refinements to GABAA Agonists for Asthma Relief. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2022 Oct; 67(4):419-420.

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Nayak AP, Deshpande DA, Shah SD, Villalba DR, Yi R, Wang N, Penn RB. OGR1-dependent regulation of the allergen-induced asthma phenotype. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 12 01; 321(6):L1044-L1054.

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Huang XP, Karpiak J, Kroeze WK, Zhu H, Chen X, Moy SS, Saddoris KA, Nikolova VD, Farrell MS, Wang S, Mangano TJ, Deshpande DA, Jiang A, Penn RB, Jin J, Koller BH, Kenakin T, Shoichet BK, Roth BL. Allosteric ligands for the pharmacologically dark receptors GPR68 and GPR65. Nature. 2015 Nov 26; 527(7579):477-83.

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Amsterdam JD, Shults J, Soeller I, Mao JJ, Rockwell K, Newberg AB. Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) may provide antidepressant activity in anxious, depressed humans: an exploratory study. Altern Ther Health Med. 2012 Sep-Oct; 18(5):44-9.

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Szwak K, Sacchetti A. Droperidol use in pediatric emergency department patients. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Apr; 26(4):248-50.

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Beyer CE, Dwyer JM, Platt BJ, Neal S, Luo B, Ling HP, Lin Q, Mark RJ, Rosenzweig-Lipson S, Schechter LE. Angiotensin IV elevates oxytocin levels in the rat amygdala and produces anxiolytic-like activity through subsequent oxytocin receptor activation. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2010 May; 209(4):303-11.

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Ring RH, Schechter LE, Leonard SK, Dwyer JM, Platt BJ, Graf R, Grauer S, Pulicicchio C, Resnick L, Rahman Z, Sukoff Rizzo SJ, Luo B, Beyer CE, Logue SF, Marquis KL, Hughes ZA, Rosenzweig-Lipson S. Receptor and behavioral pharmacology of WAY-267464, a non-peptide oxytocin receptor agonist. Neuropharmacology. 2010 Jan; 58(1):69-77.

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Dwyer JM, Rizzo SJ, Neal SJ, Lin Q, Jow F, Arias RL, Rosenzweig-Lipson S, Dunlop J, Beyer CE. Acid sensing ion channel (ASIC) inhibitors exhibit anxiolytic-like activity in preclinical pharmacological models. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2009 Mar; 203(1):41-52.

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Leonard SK, Dwyer JM, Sukoff Rizzo SJ, Platt B, Logue SF, Neal SJ, Malberg JE, Beyer CE, Schechter LE, Rosenzweig-Lipson S, Ring RH. Pharmacology of neuropeptide S in mice: therapeutic relevance to anxiety disorders. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2008 May; 197(4):601-11.

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Tyeryar KR, Vongtau HO, Undieh AS. Diverse antidepressants increase CDP-diacylglycerol production and phosphatidylinositide resynthesis in depression-relevant regions of the rat brain. BMC Neurosci. 2008 Jan 24; 9:12.

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