The effects of histaminergic agents in the central amygdala of rats in the elevated plus-maze test of anxiety

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 643-649

  Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^a,b,c   Moghadam, Akbar Hajizadeh ^c   Rostami, Parvin ^c   Roohbakhsh, Ali ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^c KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elevated plus maze; Histamine; Pyrilamine; Ranitidine; Rat

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MEPYRAMINE MALEATE; RANITIDINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE AGENTS; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PYRILAMINE; RANITIDINE; RATS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 27944510565     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-200512000-00007     Document Type: Article

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