Nicotinic-glutamatergic interactions and attentional performance on an operant visual signal detection task in female rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 465, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-90

  Rezvani, Amir H ^a   Levin, Edward D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Dizocilpine; MK 801; Nicotine; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINE TARTRATE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOOD; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 0037470763     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01439-0     Document Type: Article

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