Elevated mazes as animal models of anxiety: effects of serotonergic agents

This article reviews reported results about the effects of drugs that act upon the serotonergic neurotransmission measured in three elevated mazes that are animal models of anxiety. A bibliographic search has been performed in MEDLINE using different combinations of the key words X-maze, plus-maze,...

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Main Authors: Simone H. Pinheiro, Hélio Zangrossi-Jr., Cristina M. Del-Ben, Frederico G. Graeff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2007-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652007000100010