Septal vasopressin modulates anxiety-related behaviour in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 101-104

  Liebsch, Gudrun ^a   Wotjak, Carsten T ^a   Landgraf, Rainer ^a   Engelmann, Mario ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arginine vasopressin; Elevated plus maze; Microdialysis; Open field; Septum; V1 receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN[1 (3,3 CYCLOPENTAMETHYLENE 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID) 2 (O METHYLTYROSINE)]; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030592582     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13069-X     Document Type: Article

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