Reversal of a postnatal alcohol-induced deficit in learned persistence in the rat by d-amphetamine

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1094-1101

  Highfield, David A ^a   Lilliquist, Michael W ^a   Amsel, Abram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Learned Persistence; Partial Reinforcement; Postnatal Ethanol Exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 0033011862     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04230.x     Document Type: Article

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