Exploratory behavior and the dual activity of some psychoactive drugs. Part III. Antidepressants

• Published in: Methods and findings in experimental and clinical pharmacology Vol. 10; no. 6; p. 377
• Main Authors: Valzelli, L, Kozak, W, Banfi, L, Skorupska, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spain 01.06.1988
• Subjects: Animals; Antidepressive Agents - pharmacology; Brain Chemistry - drug effects; Exploratory Behavior - drug effects; Male; Mice

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.