Repeated Catha edulis oral administration enhances the baseline aggressive behavior in isolated rats

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 543-556

  Banjaw, M Y ^a   Miczek, K ^b   Schmidt, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Catha edulis; Neurotransmitter levels; S ( ) cathinone

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHINONE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CATHA EDULIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECAPITATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGGRESSION; ALKALOIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATHA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646377197     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-005-0356-7     Document Type: Article

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