Neuropeptide S: A New Player in the Modulation of Arousal and Anxiety

Table 1.

Prototypic Drugs Modulating Arousal and/or Anxiety

Drug Locomotion Anxiety
Psychostimulants increase anxiogenic
Hypocretin/Orexin increase no effect
Modafinil increase no effect
Benzodiazepines no effect/decrease anxiolytic
Neuropeptide S increase anxiolytic

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  1. MI February 2005 vol. 5 no. 1 42-46