Dehydroepiandrosterone is an anxiolytic in mice mice on the plus maze

Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 437-441

  Melchior, C L ^a,b   Ritzmann, R F ^a  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Ethanol; GABA; Mice; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; PENTETRAZOLE; PRASTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIAZEPAM; ETHANOL; FLUMAZENIL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PRASTERONE; RECEPTORS, GABA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028213506     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(94)90140-6     Document Type: Article

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