Effects of nicotine on active avoidance learning in rats: Sex difference

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 253-260

  Yilmaz, O ^a,b   Kanit, L ^a,b   Okur, B E ^a   Pogun S ^a,b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active avoidance; Learning; Nicotine; Rat; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030841738     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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