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Effect of Surfagon on Open Field and Elevated Plus Maze Behavior of Gonadectomized and Non-Gonadectomized Male Rats

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We studied the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist surfagon (2 μg/kg, once, intraperitoneally) on anxious behavior of adult gonadectomized and non-gonadectomized male rats. It was shown that surfagon significantly increased anxiety of both gonadectomized and non-gonadectomized rats in the open-field test and in elevated plus maze

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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 168, No. 7, pp. 60-62, July, 2019

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Masalova, O.O., Kazakova, S.B., Savateeva-Lyubimova, T.N. et al. Effect of Surfagon on Open Field and Elevated Plus Maze Behavior of Gonadectomized and Non-Gonadectomized Male Rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 168, 52–54 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-019-04644-4

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