Acute treatment with 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, tropisetron, reduces immobility in intact female rats exposed to the forced swim test

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 362-368

  Bravo, Gabriela ^a   Maswood, Sharmin ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female rats; Forced Swim Test; Immobility; Tropisetron

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TROPISETRON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DIESTRUS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SWIMMING; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGENS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; INDOLES; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 33845349249     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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