Effects of repeated administration of amphetamine on behavioral vigilance: Evidence for 'sensitized' attentional impairments

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 410-414

  Deller, Thomas ^a   Sarter, Martin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Attention; Drug addiction; Psychosis; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTYPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; RATS;

EID: 0031745618     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050637     Document Type: Article

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