Social isolation increases aggressive behaviour and alters the effects of diazepam in the rat social interaction test

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Wongwitdecha, N ^a   Marsden, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic; Diazepam; Isolation rearing; Rat; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG THERAPY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029981695     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00181-7     Document Type: Article

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