Behavioural and neurochemical effects of early social deprivation in the rat

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-47

  Robbins, T W ^a   Jones, G H ^a,b   Wilkinson, L S ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HT; Cognition; Dopamine; Hyperactivity; Isolation rearing; Nucleus accumbens; Reward; Social experience; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HYPERACTIVITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 0029879274     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988119601000107     Document Type: Article

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