Dose-dependent effects of multiple acute cocaine injections on maternal behavior and aggression in Sprague-Dawley rats

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 525-532

  Johns, Josephine M ^a,b   Nelson, Christina J ^a   Meter, Kathleen E ^a   Lubin, Deborah A ^a   Couch, C Destine ^a   Ayers, Andy ^a   Walker, Cheryl H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine, acute; Hyperactivity; Maternal aggression; Maternal behavior

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENDER; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INJECTIONS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032406956     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017353     Document Type: Article

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