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Diazepam is a [[central nervous system]] depressant. It accomplishes this by augmenting the effect of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-amino-butyric-acid ([[GABA]]) by binding to its endogenous [[ionotropic receptor]] (The GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor) at a location distinct from GABA itself.[http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000757.html] [http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/3/239] This ultimately results in the hyperpolarization of the neuron by increasing its inward chloride conductance, raising the threshold of stimulation, and making it more difficult for the cell to produce excitatory [[action potentials]].
Diazepam is a [[central nervous system]] depressant. It accomplishes this by augmenting the effect of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-amino-butyric-acid ([[GABA]]) by binding to its endogenous [[ionotropic receptor]] (The GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor) at a location distinct from GABA itself.[http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000757.html] [http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/133/3/239] This ultimately results in the hyperpolarization of the neuron by increasing its inward chloride conductance, raising the threshold of stimulation, and making it more difficult for the cell to produce excitatory [[action potentials]].
===Uses=== [http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/diazepam_ids.htm]
===Uses===
Source: [http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/diazepam_ids.htm]
*'''Anxiolytic:''' Diazepam is one of the oldest benzodiazepines and has/is often prescribed by a medical doctor (usually a psychiatrist) for the maintenance of diurnal anxiety caused by day to day stressful situations that produce ephemeral agitation, or for people suffering from socially detrimental anxiety attacks in [[panic disorder]].
*'''Anxiolytic:''' Diazepam is one of the oldest benzodiazepines and has/is often prescribed by a medical doctor (usually a psychiatrist) for the maintenance of diurnal anxiety caused by day to day stressful situations that produce ephemeral agitation, or for people suffering from socially detrimental anxiety attacks in [[panic disorder]].