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... However, under certain pharmacologic and physiologic conditions, at Tow doses benzodiazepine anxiolytics may increase aggressive behavior in animals and humans, leading sometimes to violent outbursts that are termed "paradoxical rage." The study of the benzodiazepine-GABA-A receptor complex in
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  • aggressive behavior
  • antiaggressive effects
  • brain regions
  • benzodiazepine receptor
  • gaba receptor

  • violent individuals
  • paradoxical rage


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