Antianxiety profile of ondansetron, a selective 5-HT3 antagonist, in a novel animal model

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Roychoudhury, M ^a   Kulkarni, S K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

anxiety; approach conflict; mice; mirrored chamber; ondansetron

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; ONDANSETRON; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; FLUMAZENIL; GABA MODULATORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ONDANSETRON; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

EID: 0030963176     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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