Use of osmotic minipumps for sustained drug delivery in rat pups: Effects on physical and neurobehavioural development

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Doucette, Tracy A ^a   Ryan, Catherine L ^b   Tasker, R Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Learning and memory; Neurobehavioral development; Osmotic minipump; Stress; Sustained drug delivery

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL STRESS; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034533904     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00315-2     Document Type: Article

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