Therapeutic effects of flunitrazepan in dystonias and torticollis preliminary communication
A new form of clinical treatment is proposed for dystonias and torticollis using flunitrazepan (FN), a powerful agonist of all benzodiazepine receptors of GABA neurons. FN has a specific effect in dystonic patients, specially those in which the hypnotic effect of this drug is absent or diminished, t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações
1993-06-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1993000200025&lng=en&tlng=en |
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| Summary: | A new form of clinical treatment is proposed for dystonias and torticollis using flunitrazepan (FN), a powerful agonist of all benzodiazepine receptors of GABA neurons. FN has a specific effect in dystonic patients, specially those in which the hypnotic effect of this drug is absent or diminished, thus suggesting the existence of two different neurochemical categories of dystonias. |
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| ISSN: | 1678-4227 |