Attenuation of the disruptive effects of (+/-)3,4-methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) on delayed matching-to-sample performance in the rat

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 201-205

  Harper, David N ^a   Hunt, Maree ^a   Schenk, Susan ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delayed matching to sample; MDMA; Memory; Proactive interference

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HALLUCINOGENS; MALE; MEMORY; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 33644786166     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.1.201     Document Type: Article

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