Long-term effects of clomipramine and fluoxetine on dorsal periaqueductal grey-evoked innate defensive behaviours of the rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 260-268

  Vargas, Leila César ^a   Schenberg, Luiz Carlos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 HT; Anxiety; Clomipramine; Flight; Fluoxetine; Freezing; Panic; Periaqueductal grey

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FREEZING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEFECATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FLUOXETINE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PANIC DISORDER; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URINATION;

EID: 0035015983     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130100698     Document Type: Article

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