Refining the critical period for methamphetamine-induced spatial deficits in the Morris water maze

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 329-338

  Williams, Michael T ^a   Moran, Mary S ^a   Vorhees, Charles V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical period; Development; Methamphetamine; Morris water maze; Neonatal

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; METHAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 0042166110     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1433-y     Document Type: Article

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