Effects of Benzodiazepines on Acinar and Myoepithelial Cells

Background: Benzodiazepines (BZDs), the most commonly prescribed psychotropic drugs with anxiolytic action, may cause hyposalivation. It has been previously shown that BZDs can cause hypertrophy and decrease the acini cell number. In this study, we investigated the effects of BZDs and pilocarpine on...

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Main Authors: Mattioli, Tatiana M. F., Alanis, Luciana R. A., Sapelli, Silvana da Silva, de Lima, Antonio A. S., de Noronha, Lucia, Rosa, Edvaldo A. R., Althobaiti, Yusuf S., Almalki, Atiah H., Sari, Youssef, Ignacio, Sergio A., Johann, Aline C. B. R., Gregio, Ana M. T.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4919344/