Effect of destruction of noradrenergic neurones with DSP4 on performance on a free-operant timing schedule

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-242

  Al Zahrani, S S A ^a   Al Ruwaitea, A S A ^a   Ho, M Y ^a   Bradshaw, C M ^a   Szabadi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Behavioural switching; DSP4; Noradrenaline; Operant behaviour; Timing

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO N (2 CHLOROETHYL) N ETHYLBENZYLAMINE; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BENZYLAMINES; BIOGENIC AMINES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SYMPATHECTOMY, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 0031938967     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050561     Document Type: Article

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