Dose response characteristics of methylphenidate on different indices of rats' locomotor activity at the beginning of the dark cycle

Brain Research

Volumn 727, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-21

  Gaytan, Osvaldo ^a   Ghelani, Dipak ^a   Martin, Steve ^a   Swann, Allan ^a   Dafny, Nachum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dose response; Methylphenidate; Motor activity; Psychomotor stimulant; Ritalin

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTYPY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030586301     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00296-X     Document Type: Article

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