Abstract
1. 1. Isolated animals develop a complex symptopathology which can be characterized both behaviorally and neurochemically. 2. 2. The main behavioral features include: compulsive aggression, impairment of learning, exploration and sexual behavior, while the main neurochemical features include a decrease of brain tryptophan content and of brain serotonin turnover and an increased brain dopamine turnover. 3. 3. Isolated aggressive mice are differently sensitive than grouped animals and respond differently to several psychotropic drugs, tricyclic antidepressants, betablockers and benzodiazepines. 4. 4. The results obtained will be discussed in the frame of the possibility of utilizing these animals models to study drugs active on anxiety and phobia.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 159-165 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1981 |
Keywords
- aggression
- antianxious drugs
- antidepressants
- emotional behavior
- phobia
- socio-environmental deprivation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology (medical)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Neuroscience(all)
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)
- Medicine(all)