The benzodiazepine partial receptor agonist, bretazenil, provokes a strong hyperphagic response: A meal pattern analysis in free feeding rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 454-461

  Clifton, P G ^a   Cooper, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Bretazenil; Hyperphagia; Meal patterns; Palatability; Rat; Ro 16 6028; ZK93426

Indexed keywords

5 ISOPROPOXY 4 METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRETAZENIL; PARTIAL AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MEAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SATIETY; TASTE;

EID: 0029906903     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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