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Behavioural and pharmacological characterisation of the elevated “zero-maze” as an animal model of anxiety

Psychopharmacology · 1994 · Vol. 116(1) · pp. 56–64

Jon K. Shepherd✉(Berkshire College of Agriculture)Savraj GrewalAllan FletcherDavid J. BillColin T. Dourish

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Memory and Neural MechanismsChlordiazepoxideAnxiogenicElevated plus mazeDiazepamPharmacologyFlumazenilAnxiolyticAgonistBenzodiazepinePsychology

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AnimalsAnxietyBehavior, AnimalChlordiazepoxideDiazepamDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugMalePiperazinesPostureAnti-Anxiety AgentsRats, Sprague-DawleyOndansetronSerotonin Receptor Agonists8-Hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin

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