Nicotine administration impairs sensory gating in Long-Evans rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-289

  Faraday, Martha M ^a   Rahman, Matthew A ^a   Scheufele, Peter M ^a   Grunberg, Neil E ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Housing conditions; Nicotine; Prepulse inhibition Long Evans rats; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; IMPLANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOKING CESSATION; STARTLE REFLEX; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0031736414     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00094-X     Document Type: Article

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