Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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Anxiety and Norepinephrine System

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  • Sim, Hyun-Bo (Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Yu, Bum-Hee (Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • 심현보 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 유범희 (성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2006.05.22
  • Accepted : 2006.06.05
  • Published : 2006.06.30
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Abstract

Anxiety has been suggested to be related to many neurotransmitters in brain, such as norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine, cholecystokinin, and gamma-amino butyric acid. There are many studies to examine the relationship between anxiety and norepinephrine, and norepinephrine seems to be clearly related to the development of anxiety. We suggest that future studies to explore the pathophysiology of anxiety should be necessary, which include studies on antianxiety drugs, genetic studies, animal model studies, and brain imaging studies.

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