Effect of citalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, on the acquisition of conditioned freezing

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Inoue, Takeshi ^a   Hashimoto, Shinji ^a   Tsuchiya, Kiyoshi ^a   Izumi, Takeshi ^a   Ohmori, Tetsuro ^a   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 HT (5 hydroxytryptamine, serotonin) reuptake inhibitor; Anxiety; Citalopram; Conditioned fear stress; Freezing behavior; Selective

Indexed keywords

1 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 4 (4 PHTHALIMIDOBUTYL)PIPERAZINE; 2 [[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL]THIO] 3 PHENYLQUINOLINE; CITALOPRAM; ORG 4428; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANOXERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030571035     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00391-3     Document Type: Article

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