Anxiolytic effect in the elevated plus-maze of the NMDA receptor antagonist AP7 microinjected into the dorsal periaqueductal grey

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 91-94

  Guimaraes F S ^a   Carobrez, A P ^b   De Aguiar, J C ^a   Graeff, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic effect; Dorsal periaqueductal grey; Elevated plus maze; Excitatory amino acids; Intracerebral injection; NMDA receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROINJECTIONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0025971286     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02244080     Document Type: Article

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