Modification of acoustic startle reactivity by cocaine administration during the postnatal period: Comparison with a specific serotonin reuptake inhibitor

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-296

  Dow Edwards, Diana L ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Development; Fluoxetine; Serotonin; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

(3 CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; COCAINE; FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029951489     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(96)90029-X     Document Type: Article

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