Date of Award
8-1984
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Biological Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Imy V. Holt
Second Advisor
Dr. David Cowan
Third Advisor
Dr. Leo VanderBeek
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
Two new benzodiazepine tranquilizers, alprazolam and triazolam were used to try to reduce aggression in rats produced by isolation or drugs. Both reduced elements of isolation-induced aggression, and triazolam was more potent. Little reduction was found in drug-induced aggression by either tranquilizer. It is unknown why aggression was not reduced for the drug-induced method, but it is possible that a synergism existed between the two methods of inducing aggression, since the same rats were used for both methods. Different rats were used for each tranquilizer. Reduction in aggression for the isolated rats seems consistent with results for other benzodiazepine tranquilizers.
Recommended Citation
Plummer, Howard Kiel, "The Effects of Alprazolam and Triazolam on Two Methods of Induced Aggression in Rats" (1984). Masters Theses. 1522.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1522