Serotonin depletion eliminates sex differences with respect to context-conditioned immobility in rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 233, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1513-1521

  Pettersson, Robert ^a   Hagsäter, Sven Melker ^a   Eriksson, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear conditioning; Serotonin; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; FEMALE; IMMOBILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMOBILIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; FENCLONINE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX, STARTLE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84959111112     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4246-5     Document Type: Article

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