Potential anxiolytic and antidepressant-like activities of SNC80, a selective δ-opioid agonist, in behavioral models in rodents

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 374-380

  Saitoh, Akiyoshi ^a   Kimura, Yuji ^b   Suzuki, Tomohiko ^b   Kawai, Koji ^b   Nagase, Hiroshi ^b   Kamei, Junzo ^a  

^a HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conditioned fear stress test; Elevated plus maze test; Forced swimming test; SNC80; opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

4 [ALPHA (4 ALLYL 2,5 DIMETHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL) 3 METHOXYBENZYL] N,N DIETHYLBENZAMIDE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DESIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; NALTRINDOLE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIDEPRESSANT LIKE ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONDITIONED FEAR STRESS TEST; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EMOTION; FEAR; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 3843124281     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FPJ04014X     Document Type: Article

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