Nicotine-alcohol interactions and attentional performance on an operant visual signal detection task in female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Ethanol; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NICOTINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; NICOTINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 1242345626     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(03)00193-X     Document Type: Article

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