The effect of chronic benzodiazepines exposure on body weight in rats

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-189

  Jing, Xin ^a   Wala, Elzbieta P ^a   Sloan, Jewell W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Body weight; Chronic exposure; Flumazenil

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; NORDAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; SILASTIC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032032764     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0289     Document Type: Article

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