Chronic D-amphetamine induces sexually dimorphic effects on locomotion, recognition memory, and brain monoamines

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 859-867

  Bisagno, Veronica ^a   Ferguson, Deveroux ^a   Luine, Victoria N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

D Amphetamine; Recognition memory; Sexually dimorphic effects

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MONOAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0037345695     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(03)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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