5-HT 2A receptor antagonism by MDL 11,939 during inescapable stress prevents subsequent exaggeration of acoustic startle response and reduced body weight in rats

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-295

  Jiang, Xiaolong ^a,b   Zhang, Zhang Jin ^a   Zhang, Steven ^c   Gamble, Eleanore H ^a   Min Jia, ^a   Ursano, Robert J ^a,b   Li, He ^a,b  

^a Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Wootton High School   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT2A receptor; body weight; MDL 11,939; PTSD; startle; stress

Indexed keywords

GLEMANSERIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; ALPHA-PHENYL-1-(2-PHENYLETHYL)-4-PIPERIDINEMETHANOL; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; MALE; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SEROTONIN 5-HT2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551664836     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881109106911     Document Type: Article

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