Nefazodone attenuates the stress-induced facilitation of wet dog shaking behaviour but not the facilitation of sexual behaviour in female rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 381, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 101-104

  Brotto, Lori A ^a   Hanson, Laura A ^a   Gorzalka, Boris B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 HT; 5 HT(2A) receptor; Chronic stress; Lordosis; Nefazodone; Serotonin; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

NEFAZODONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FACILITATION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; WET DOG SHAKES;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; POSTURE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; REFLEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0032705460     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00566-X     Document Type: Article

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