The effect of antidepressants on rat aggressive behavior in the electric footshock and apomorphine-induced aggressiveness paradigms

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 329-337

  Matto, Vallo ^a   Skrebuhhova, Tatjana ^a   Allikmets, Lembit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Antidepressants; Apomorphine; Electric footshock; Rat

Indexed keywords

8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; APOMORPHINE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GEPIRONE; IMIPRAMINE; LEVODOPA; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRYPTOPHAN; YOHIMBINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEDATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; APOMORPHINE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTROSHOCK; FLUOXETINE; LEVODOPA; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0031841357     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1998.20.4.487281     Document Type: Article

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