Changes in food intake and anxiety-like behaviors after clonidine injected into the median raphe nucleus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Mansur, Samira Schultz ^a   Terenzi, Mariana Graciela ^a   Neto, José Marino ^a   Faria, Moacir Serralvo ^a   Paschoalini, Marta Aparecida ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

2 adrenergic receptor clonidine; Anxiety like behavior; Clonidine; Food intake; Median raphe nucleus; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLONIDINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77952881044     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.03.046     Document Type: Article

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