Antidepressant-like effects of alnespirone (S 20499) in the learned helplessness test in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-137

  Mac Sweeney, Clíona P ^a   Lesourd, Monique ^b   Gandon, Jean Marc ^a  

^a Biotrial SA   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

5 HT(1A) receptor; Alnespirone; Antidepressant effect; Learned helplessness paradigm

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ALNESPIRONE; BUSPIRONE; IPSAPIRONE; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DEPRESSION; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SPIRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032546228     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(97)01611-7     Document Type: Article

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