Interference of propylene glycol with the hole-board test

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 545-547

  Lourenco Da Silva A ^a   Elisabetsky, E ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiolytic drugs; Diazepam; Hole board; Propylene glycol; Screening; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CONTAZ; DIAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM NQ; DRUG VEHICLE; EXCIPIENT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SOLVENT; SOMAPLUS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HEAD POSITION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035016636     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2001000400016     Document Type: Article

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