Effects of ethanol on nonspatial working memory and attention in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-282

  Givens, Ben ^a   McMahon, Kathy ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030994034     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.2.275     Document Type: Article

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