Behavioral pharmacological properties after recovery from the loss of righting reflex induced by benzodiazepine receptor agonists in mice

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 607-613

  Tanaka, M ^a   Suemaru, Katsuya ^a,b   Watanabe, S ^a   Cui, R ^b   Li, B ^b   Araki, H ^a,b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine receptor agonists; Head twitch response; Righting reflex; Rotarod test

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BROTIZOLAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; KETANSERIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; ZOLPIDEM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DRUG MECHANISM; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEAD TWITCH; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REFLEX DISORDER; RIGHTING REFLEX; ROTAROD TEST;

ANIMALS; AZEPINES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA AGONISTS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KETANSERIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PYRIDINES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFLEX; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59149086600     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2008.30.8.1268818     Document Type: Article

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