Effects of diazepam on conflict behaviour and on plasma corticosterone levels in male and female rats

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 353, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-376

  Peričić, Danka ^a   Pivac, Nela ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Plasma corticosterone; Punished drinking; Rats; Sex differences; Unpunished drinking

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DIAZEPAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; DIAZEPAM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029993376     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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