The role of GABA in anxiety was discovered after it was found that a class of drugs known as __________ reduce anxiety through their action on GABA.
A) tricyclics
B) benzodiazepines
C) SSRIs
D) bicyclics
E) monoamine oxidase inhibitors

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Benzodiazepines are a class of drugs that act on the GABA receptors to reduce anxiety. Tricyclics, SSRIs, bicyclics, and monoamine oxidase inhibitors have different mechanisms of action unrelated to GABA.

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