Buspirone, a 5-HT1A agonist attenuates social isolation-induced behavior deficits in rats: a comparative study with fluoxetine.
Aswar Urmila, Shende Hrudaya, Aswar Manoj·Behavioural pharmacology
Social isolation is a potent stressor in both humans and animals that results in increased anger-like emotion, (anger in humans), aggression and suicidal ideation in humans [suicidal trait-related behavior in rats (STRB)]. The study's purpose was to compare the effects of buspirone (BUS) and fluoxetine (Flx) on social…