The effect of opiodergic system and testosterone on anxiety behavior in gonadectomized rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-15

  Khakpai, Fatemeh ^a  

^a KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Gonadectomy; Morphine; Naloxone; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893624810     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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