Modulation of Anxiety-Like Behavior in Sildenafil Citrate-Treated Mice Placed in an Elevated Plus-Maze
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smooth muscles, and therefore, improved erection (McCullough, 2002; Ulhayathas et al., 2007). Evidence shows that sildenafil inhibits cGMP degradation in the brain (Hotchkiss et al., 2005; Riazi et al., 2006) and affects the central nervous system (Ulhayathas et al., 2007). In the NO-cGMP pathway, sildenafil modulates cognition, memory, reward-related stimuli, pain perception, seizure attack, neurogenesis, and drug dependency (Prickaerts et al., 2002; Boccia et al., 2011; Ulhayathas et al., 2007); it also diminishes post-stroke
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Modulation of Anxiety-Like Behavior in Sildenafil Citrate-Treated Mice Placed in an Elevated Plus-Maze
Introduction: Sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitor, may have various effects on the central nervous system via the nitric oxide (NO)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway. Preclinical studies have shown the controversial effect of sildenafil on anxiety-like behavior in animals. This study was undertaken to investigate the acute effect of sildenafil on anxiety-like behavior...
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