l-Sulpiride, at a low, non-neuroleptic dose, prevents conditioned fear stress-induced freezing behavior in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-23

  Cavazzuti, E ^a   Bertolini, A ^a   Vergoni, A V ^a   Arletti, R ^a   Poggioli, R ^a   Forgione, A ^a,b   Benelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticipatory anxiety Panic behavior; Conditioned fear stress; Fluoxetine; Freezing behavior; l Sulpiride

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEAR; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FLUOXETINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SULPIRIDE;

EID: 0032955633     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050914     Document Type: Article

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