title: Effects of Phenibut and Citrocard on Non-Competitive and Competitive Behavior during Provoked Aggression in Animals.
abstract: Anti-aggressive effects of phenibut (25 mg/kg) and its structural analogue citrocard (50 mg/kg) were revealed in rats under condition of provoked intraspecific aggression. These substances significantly decreased manifestations of aggression in animals: they increased the latency of attacks and reduced their number. Anti-aggressive effects of citrocard were more pronounced than effects of phenibut under conditions of non-competitive aggression induced by fear of inescapable painful exposure or under conditions of competitive aggression reflecting the ability of animals to reveal adaptive social communicative skills in aversive situation.
authors.affiliation: Volgograd State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Volgograd, Russia, vvbagmetova@gmail.com.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Bagmetova
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Krivitskaya
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Tyurenkov
mesh_terms: D000378:Agonistic Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D001418:Baclofen / Q000494:pharmacology; D003163:Competitive Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004597:Electroshock; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000187:drug effects; D005239:Fear; D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D058786:GABA-B Receptor Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D018697:Nootropic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D051381:Rats; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D058785:GABA-A Receptor Agonists; D058786:GABA-B Receptor Agonists; D018697:Nootropic Agents; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D001418:Baclofen; C008842:4-amino-3-phenylbutyric acid