Influence of housing conditions on the effects of serotonergic drugs on feeding behavior in non-deprived rats

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-101

  Silva, R C B ^a   Santos, N R ^a   Brandao M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Feeding; Fluoxetine; Gepirone; Housing conditions; Isolation stress

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; GEPIRONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPOPHAGIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUOXETINE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 0037269582     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070017     Document Type: Article

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