Drug action on anxiety models with special reference to serotonergic mechanisms

A study has been made of drugs acting at 5-HT receptors on animal models of anxiety. An elevated X-maze was used as a model of anxiety for rats and the actions of various ligands for the 5-HT receptor, and its subtypes, were examined in this model. 5-HT agonists, with varying affinities for the 5-HT...

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Main Author: Critchley, Martyn A. E.
Published: Aston University 1988
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.381970