The pattern of locomotor activity after cocaine treatment in the rat

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-244

  Antoniou, K ^a,b   Kafetzopoulos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behavioural pattern; Cocaine; Motor activity; Open field; Rat

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SNIFFING; STANDING; STEREOTYPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029992979     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199605000-00004     Document Type: Article

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