Aggressive behavior increases after termination of chronic sildenafil treatment in mice

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 683-688

  Hotchkiss, Andrew K ^a   Pyter, Leah M ^a   Gatien, Michelle L ^a   Wen, Jarvi C ^a   Milman, Harry A ^b   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ToxNetworkcom   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cyclic GMP; Mouse; Nitric oxide; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; NITRIC OXIDE; SILDENAFIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 11844289620     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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