title: Exploratory behavior and the dual activity of some psychoactive drugs. Part 1.
abstract: Animal behavior in a free environment involves the orienting reflex, a major component of which is exploratory behavior. Exploration is an essential, life-preserving component of animal higher nervous functions and the experiments presented here show that exploratory behavior may differ according to the experimental subjects' emotional baseline. Exploratory performance may accordingly be affected differently by psychoactive drugs.
mesh_terms: D000525:Alprazolam / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D001569:Benzodiazepines; C039668:adinazolam; D000525:Alprazolam