Sulpiride, a new psychotropic drug with neuroleptic activity, was administered to rats in a Sidman avoidance schedule. Doses ranging from 1 to 80 mg/kg resulted in the animal receiving fewer shocks. This effect was not correlated with an increase of responding and seemed unrelated to the suppressing
Normalization of extrapolation avoidance behavior of rats by nootropic drugs
β Scribed by N. M. Savchenko; R. U. Ostrovskaya; Yu. V. Burov
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-4888
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