Perinatal methadone exposure produces physical dependence and altered behavioral development in the rat

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1344-1351

  Kunko, Paul M ^a,b   Smith, Jason A ^a   Wallace, Melisa J ^a   Maher, Jennifer R ^a   Saady, Joseph J ^a   Robinson, Susan E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NIDA Addiction Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; LITTER SIZE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; METHADONE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030425706     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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