TABLE 11

Effect of withdrawal from long-term benzodiazepine treatment on GABAA receptor subunit polypeptide expression in cultured cells in vitro

Cells, Compound, Concentration, Duration, Withdrawal TimeSubunit PolypeptideReference
α1α4γ2
% change
Rat hippocampal neurons
    Etizolam, 10 μM, 5 d/6 hN.S.N.S.Sanna et al., 2005
    Lorazepam, 10 μM, 5 d/6 h−26+81Sanna et al., 2005
Rat cerebellar granule cells
    Diazepam, 10 μM, 5 d/6 h−75+45−63Follesa et al., 2001a
  • d, day(s); N.S., not significantly different from the control value.