Amphetamine dose dependently disrupts prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response in rats within a narrow time window

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-448

  Sills, Terrence L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotor activity; PPI; Startle; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033103703     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00036-2     Document Type: Article

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