Exploratory behavior and the dual activity of some psychoactive drugs. Part III. Antidepressants.
Exploration is an essential, life-preserving component of animal higher nervous functions. The experiments presented here show that exploratory behavior may differ in relation to the subject's emotional baseline, and that accordingly it is affected differently by various antidepressants.
Valzelli
L
L
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy.
Kozak
W
W
Banfi
L
L
Skorupska
M
M
D000818:Animals; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice
D000928:Antidepressive Agents