Prenatal exposure to cocaine disrupts discrimination learning in adult rabbits

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 617-621

  Romano, Anthony G ^a   Harvey, John A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cingulate cortex; Drugs of abuse; Nictitating membrane; Pavlovian conditioning; Prenatal cocaine

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RABBIT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029866869     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02061-6     Document Type: Article

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