Abstract
The effects of phencyclidine were assessed under two distinctive paradigms. In a traditional laboratory assay where pairs of rats received intermittent foot shocks, phencyclidine at doses of 0.5 to 2.0 mg/kg decreased the number of shock-elicited fighting bouts in dose-dependent fashion. Similar dose-dependent decreases in biting were also observed under a procedure where single restrained rats received intermittent tail shocks, which evoked biting of an inanimate target.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 813-818 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1981 |
Keywords
- Biting
- Phencyclidine
- Rats
- Shock-induced aggression