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The Successive Alleys Test of Anxiety in Mice and Rats
Published on: June 17, 2013
Chronic handling modifies the anxiolytic effect of diazepam in the elevated plus-maze
1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
Abstract:
Rats treated for 3 days with diazepam demonstrated a clear anxiolytic action of the drug as assessed in the elevated plus-maze. However, in a chronic experiment, in which all rats were handled for 28 days, no anxiolytic effect of diazepam could be shown either in rats treated for 3 days or in those treated for 28 days. These results suggest that there is an interaction between handling and the anxiolytic effect of diazepam.
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