Stimulant activities of dimethocaine in mice: Reinforcing and anxiogenic effects

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-327

  Rigon, Adriana R ^a   Takahashi, Reinaldo N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Dimethocaine; Local anesthetics; Locomotor activity; Mice; Plus maze test; Procaine

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIMETHOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROCAINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT;

AMINOBENZOIC ACIDS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROCAINE; PROPANOLAMINES;

EID: 0029907554     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050093     Document Type: Article

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