A comparative study on the effects of the benzodiazepine midazolam and the dopamine agents, apomorphine and sulpiride, on rat behavior in the two-way avoidance test

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 351-356

  Dias Melo Carvalho, Juliana ^a   de Oliveira, Amanda R ^a   Barbosa da Silva, Regina Claudia ^a   Brandão, Marcus L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Apomorphine; Avoidance; Dopamine; Fear; Midazolam; Sulpiride

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO WAY AVOIDANCE TEST;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULPIRIDE;

RATTUS;

EID: 59649091128     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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