Level of punishment determines anticonflict activity of ondansetron in pigeons: Comparison with buspirone and diazepam

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-457

  Castejón, Ana M ^a   Cubeddu, Luigi X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT3 receptors; Anxiety; Benzodiazepines; Buspirone; Conflict test; Ondansetron; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; ONDANSETRON; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; STIMULUS;

EID: 0031741153     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00131-2     Document Type: Article

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