Using anti-anxiety drugs may put someone at significant risk of developing cognitive decline later in life and scientists may have finally discovered why. Researchers from the Australian Nuclear ...

Clobazam, a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety, has been found to affect Atlantic salmon in similar ways to humans. Exposure to the drug makes the fish less fearful and gives them more ...

Researchers studying pharmaceutical pollution tracked salmon that had been exposed to anti-anxiety medication. The fish appeared to lose their inhibitions. By Rebecca Dzombak It has to be ...

There are five main types of psychotropic medications: antidepressants, anti-anxiety medications, stimulants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers. Antidepressants are used to treat depressionand ...

Anxiolytics are a class of medications used to prevent or treat anxiety symptoms or disorders. They’re sometimes called anti-anxiety medications or minor tranquilizers. Anxiolytic medications ...

ANSTO health researchers have contributed to an international study published in Nature Neuroscience that sheds light on the mechanism by which anti-anxiety drugs act on the brain which could lead to ...

(Christina Kim and Jessie Muir, UC Davis). New research suggests that it could be possible to separate treatment from hallucinations when developing new drugs based on psychedelics. The anti-anxiety ...

Atlantic salmon exposed to anti-anxiety medication during their migration were more successful in reaching their destination than drug-free fish, researchers reported Thursday in Science.

More of the salmon affected by the anti-anxiety drug swam faster and farther and made it out to sea than those that were drug-free. "Here, we are actually showing that there's a direct change in ...