The open field as a paradigm to measure the effects of drugs on anxiety-like behaviors: a review.

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Summary

Compounds that have a different spectrum of therapeutic efficacy in anxiety disorders such as panic attacks, generalized anxiety disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder were poorly effective as anxiolytics in the open field test, suggesting that this paradigm may not model features of anxiety disorders.

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review
Published
2003-02-28
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Anxiogenic, Anxiety, Benzodiazepine, Alprazolam, Inverse agonist

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