Deficient social and play behavior in juvenile and adult rats after neonatal cortical lesion: Effects of chronic pubertal cannabinoid treatment

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 944-957

  Schneider, Miriam ^a   Koch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurodevelopmental disorders; Play fighting; Prefrontal cortex; Puberty; Social behavior; WIN 55,212 2

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FRONTAL CORTEX; GROOMING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PLAY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CANNABINOIDS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 17644408388     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300634     Document Type: Article

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