Litter has an effect on the behavioural changes caused by the administration of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor N G-nitro-L- arginine and ethanol in mice

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1171-1179

  Õkva, Kai ^a   Lang, Aavo ^a   Pokk, Paavo ^a   Väli, Marika ^a   Nevalainen, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ethanol; Litter; NOS inhibitor; Plus maze

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; N(G) NITROARGININE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 10944237360     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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