Differential effects of psychomotor on stimulants on attentional performance in rats: Nicotine, amphetamine, caffeine and methylphenidate

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-206

  Bizarro, L ^a,b   Patel, S ^a   Murtagh, C ^a   Stolerman, I P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ADHD; Amphetamine; Attention; Caffeine; Methylphenidate; Nicotine; Rat; Serial reaction time task

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NICOTINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NICOTINE; RATS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 3042748122     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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