CGS-9896 is an anxiolytic drug used in scientific research.

It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic.

[1] CGS-9896 is a benzodiazepine receptor partial agonist which produces long-lasting anxiolytic and anticonvulsant effects in animal studies but does not produce sedative effects.

[2][3] It also increases appetite,[4] and reduces the development of gastrointestinal ulcers following chronic stress.

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