Impact of ambient temperature on hyperthermia induced by (±)3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in rhesus macaques

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 673-681

  Von Huben, Stefani N ^a   Lay, Christopher C ^a   Crean, Rebecca D ^a   Davis, Sophia A ^a   Katner, Simon N ^a   Taffe, Michael A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

( )MDMA; Circadian; Macaca mulatta; Serotonin; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIA; MACACA; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEVER; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33847056667     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301078     Document Type: Article

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