title: In search of the ever-elusive positive endozepine.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Christian et al. (2013) provide functional evidence for positive endozepines (positive allosteric modulators of GABAARs) within the thalamic reticular nucleus. These molecules are encoded by the Dbi gene and modulate thalamocortical oscillations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Harward
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: McNamara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D026261:Diazepam Binding Inhibitor / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D053444:Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000378:metabolism*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D026261:Diazepam Binding Inhibitor; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A