... whether similar control exists in humans by using midazolam, a benzodiazepine. Benzodiazepines exert their main actions on the central nervous system by interacting co-operatively at the γ-aminobutyric acid receptor. 2. Twenty patients took part in the study before undergoing cardiac catheterization...

...Yeshayahu Katz; Gilad Ben-Baruch; Yoel Kloog; Joseph Menczer; Moshe Gavish 1. Benzodiazepines are involved in the control of proliferation and differentiation of normal and malignant cells in vitro. This regulatory ability is probably mediated via peripheral benzodiazepine-binding sites. 2...