Effects of myocardial infarction and captopril therapy on anxiety-related behaviors in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Prickaerts, Jos ^a   Raaijmakers, Wijnand ^a   Blokland, Arjan ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Neurobiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor; Anxiety; Captopril; Myocardial infarction; Open field; Plus maze; Rats

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HEART INFARCTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CAPTOPRIL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030184284     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02252-X     Document Type: Article

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