Prior cocaine exposure in different environments affects the behavioral responses of mouse dams

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 541-547

  Petruzzi, Simona ^a   Cirulli, Francesca ^a   Laviola, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

cocaine conditioning; contextual cues; hypothalamic oxytocin; maternal behavior; mouse

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COCAINE; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; OXYTOCIN; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030960697     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00294-8     Document Type: Article

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