Dexamethasone modifies the behavioral effects induced by clonidine in mice

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1429-1434

  Capasso, A ^a   Di Giannuario, A ^b   Loizzo, A ^b   Pieretti, S ^b   Sorrentino, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

behavior; clonidine; dexamethasone; mice

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATALEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GROOMING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRATCHING; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0030561286     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02144-2     Document Type: Article

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