Buspirone, chlordiazepoxide and diazepam effects in a zebrafish model of anxiety

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Bencan, Zachary ^a   Sledge, Damiyon ^a   Levin, Edward D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiolysis; Anxiolytic drugs; Buspirone; Chlordiazepoxide; Diazepam; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BUSPIRONE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DIVING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEDATION; SWIMMING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZODIAZEPINES; BUSPIRONE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DIAZEPAM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIVING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SEROTONIN AGENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349216340     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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