Naloxone potentiates the anxiolytic but not the amnestic action of chlordiazepoxide in C57BL/6 mice

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 691-698

  Belzung, C ^a   Dubreuil, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

C57BL 6 mice; Chlordiazepoxide; Elevated plus maze; Naloxone; Passive avoidance; Radial arm maze

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; NALOXONE;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DRUG SYNERGISM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032429118     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199812000-00005     Document Type: Article

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