Acute and subchronic effects of agmatine on anxiety tested in the elevated plus maze in male mice

Psicothema

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 492-495

  Navarro, José Francisco ^a   Luna, Gema ^a   García, Francisca B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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