Emerging drugs for the treatment of anxiety

摘要: Introduction: Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent and disabling psychiatric in United States worldwide. Basic research has provided critical insights into mechanism regulating fear behavior animals a host of animal models have been developed order to screen compounds for anxiolytic properties. Despite this progress, no mechanistically novel agents treatment anxiety come market more than two decades.Areas covered: The current review will provide summary pharmacological approaches examine pharmacotherapeutic pipeline treatments development. related considered herein include panic disorder, social generalized disorder post-traumatic stress disorder. glutamate, neuropeptide endocannabinoid systems show particular promise as future targets drug development.Expert opinion: In face an ever-growing unders...