Benzodiazepine and serotonergic modulation of antipredator and conspecific defense

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 597-612

  Blanchard, D Caroline ^a,b   Griebel, Guy ^c   Rodgers, R John ^d   Blanchard, Robert J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator defense; Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Conspecific aggression; Defense; Fear; Mouse; Rat; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 5 BENZYLOXY 4 METHOXYMETHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BUSPIRONE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; IPSAPIRONE; LORAZEPAM; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; NITRAZEPAM; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TRIAZOLAM;

AGGRESSION; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; CAT; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HAMSTER; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; THREAT;

EID: 0031746421     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(97)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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