Global 5-HT depletion attenuates the ability of amphetamine to decrease impulsive choice on a delay-discounting task in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 320-331

  Winstanley, Catharine A ^a   Dalley, Jeffrey W ^a   Theobald, David E H ^a   Robbins, Trevor W ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADHD; Amphetamine; Delay discounting; Impulsivity; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; FLUPENTIXOL; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; FOREBRAIN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REACTION TIME; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

5,6-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CREATININE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344082214     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1546-3     Document Type: Article

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