NMDA-receptor antagonism via dextromethorphan and ifenprodil modulates graded anxiety test performance of C57BL/6 mice

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-249

  Dere, Ekrem ^a   Topic, B ^a   De Souza Silva, M A ^a   Fink, H ^b   Buddenberg, T ^a   Huston, J P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Anxiety; Brightness discrimination; Mouse; NMDA receptor subunits; NR2A; NR2B

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; IFENPRODIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 0038010525     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200305000-00009     Document Type: Article

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