Kontor/besøk
Huginbakken 32 (Teorifagbygget, Hus 5), kontor 5646

Biografiske data
Professor. Dr. phil. (Uppsala 1975).

Forskningsinteresser
Behavioral neuroscience, particularly psychopharmacology (anxiety, reward mechanisms, reproductive behavior).

Publikasjoner
A. Ågmo, C. Belzung and A.M. Le Guisquet (in press). Anxiolytic-like effects of meprobamate: Interactions with an opiate antagonist in Swiss and BALB/c mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior.


A. Ågmo, T. Spiteri and G. Le Pape (in press). What is learned during place preference conditioning? A comparison of food- and morphine-induced reward. Psychobiology.


A. Ågmo, R.G. Paredes and J.L. Contreras (in press). Serotonin and sexual behavior in the male rabbit. Journal of Neural Transmission.


A. Ågmo and D.W. Pfaff (1999). Research on the neurobiology of sexual behavior at the turn of millenium. Behavioural Brain Research, 105.


A. Ågmo (1999). Sexual motivation. An inquiry into events determining the occurrence of sexual behavior. Behavioural Brain Research, 105.


C. Arnould and A. Ågmo (1999). The importance of the stomach for conditioned place preference produced by drinking sucrose in rats. Psychobiology, 27.


A. Ågmo and P. Soria (1999). The duration of the effects of a single administration of dopamine antagonists on ambulatory activity and motor coordination. Journal of Neural Transmission, 106.


A. Ågmo, C. Belzung, X. Deloire, M. Grassin and S. Lewis (1999). Blockade of anxiolytic-like actions of chlordiazepoxide by naloxone in the elevated plus-maze: Comparisons between Swiss, C57BL/6 and BALB/c mice. Psychobiology, 27.


R.G. Paredes, J.L. Contreras and A. Ågmo (1998). GABAergic drugs and sexual behavior in the rabbit: Evidence for species-specific effects. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 12, 186-191.


A. Ågmo and C. Belzung (1998). Interactions between dopamine and GABA in the control of ambulatory activity and neophobia in the mouse. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 59, 239-247.


A. Ågmo and C. Belzung (1998). The role of subtypes of the opioid receptor in the anxiolytic action of chlordiazepoxide. Neuropharmacology, 37, 223-232.


S. Schildein, A. Ågmo, J.P. Huston and R.K.W. Schwarting (1998). Intraaccumbens injections of substance P, morphine and amphetamine: Effects on conditioned place preference and behavioral activity. Brain Research, 790, 185-194.


A. Ågmo, R.G. Paredes, L. Sierra and I. Garcés (1997). The inhibitory effect on sexual behavior and ambulatory activity of the mixed GABAA/GABAB agonist progabide are diferentially blocked by GABA receptor antagonists. Psychopharmacoloy, 129, 27-34.


A. Ågmo, C. Belzung and C. Rodríguez: A rat model of distractibility: effects of drugs modifying dopaminergic, noradrenergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. Journal of Neural Transmission, 104, 11-29.


A. Ågmo, A. Medrano, N. Garrido and P. Alonso (1997). GABAergic drugs inhibit amphetamine-induced distractibiliy in the rat. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 58, 119-126.


A. Ågmo (1997). Male rat sexual behavior. Brain Research Protocols, 1, 203-209.


A. Ågmo and P. Soria (1997). GABAergic drugs and sexual motivation, receptivity and exploratory beha-viors in the female rat. Psychopharmacology, 129, 372-381.


C. Belzung and A. Ågmo (1997). Naloxone blocks anxiolytic effects of benzodiazepines in Swiss but not in BALB/c mice. Psychopharmacology, 132, 195-201.


R. Paredes, P. Karam, L. Highland and A. Ågmo (1997). GABAergic drugs and sociosexual behavior. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 58, 291-298.


C. Belzung and A. Ågmo (1997). Naloxone potentiates the effects of sub-effective doses of anxiolytic agents in mice. European Journal of Pharmacology, 323, 133-136.


A. Ågmo and E. Marroquín (1997). The role of gustatory stimulation and postingestive actions of sweeteners in the generation of positive affect as evaluated by place preference conditioning. Appetite, 29, 269-289.


V. Lemaire and A. Ågmo (1997). High and low reactivity to novelty and sexual behavior in male rats. Psychobiology, 25, 241-245.


A. Ågmo, S. Barreau and V. Lemaire (1997). Social motivation in recently weaned rats is modified by opiates. Developmental Neuroscience, 19, 505-520.


A. Ågmo, R.G. Paredes, J.I. Ramos and J.L. Contreras (1996). Dopamine and sexual behavior in the male rabbit. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 55, 289-296.


A. Ågmo, C. Belzung and M. Giordano (1996). Interactions between dopamine and GABA in the control of ambulatory activity. Journal of Neural Transmission, 103, 925-934.


R. Paredes and A. Ågmo (1995). The GABAB antagonist CGP 35348 inhibits the effects of baclofen on sexual behavior and motor coordination. Brain Research Bulletin, 361, 495-497.


A. Ågmo, A. Galván., A. Heredia and M. Morales (1995). Naloxone blocks the antianxiety but not the motor effects of benzodiazepines and pentobarbital: experimental studies and literature review. Psychopharmacology, 120, 186-194.


A. Ågmo, A. Galván and B. Talamantes (1995). Reward and reinforcement produced by drinking sucrose: Two processes that may depend on different neurotransmitters. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 52, 403-414.


A. Ågmo, A. Villalpando, Z. Picker and H. Fernández (1995). Lesions of the medial prefrontal cor-tex and sexual behavior in the male rat. Brain Research, 696, 177-186.


A. Ågmo and A. Villalpando (1995). Central nervous stimulants and sexual behavior in male rats with medial prefrontal cortex lesions. Brain Research, 696, 187-193.


A. Ågmo, M. Gómez and Y. Irazabal (1994). Enkephalinase inhibition facilitates sexual behavior but does not produce conditioned place preference. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 47, 771-778.


A. Ågmo, R.G. Paredes and J.L. Contreras (1994). Opioids and sexual behavior in the male rabbit: The role of central and peripheral opioid receptors. Journal of Neural Transmission [General Section]., 1994, 97, 211-223.