Estrogen improves response accuracy and attenuates the disruptive effects of Δ9-THC in ovariectomized rats responding under a multiple schedule of repeated acquisition and performance

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 989-998

  Daniel, Jill M ^a,b   Winsauer, Peter J ^a   Brauner, Ian N ^a   Moerschbaecher, Joseph M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; ESTRADIOL; SILASTIC;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CAPSULE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036896053     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.116.6.989     Document Type: Article

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