Problems with spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) as a model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD)

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 42-48

  Alsop, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal models; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Free operant procedures; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047099178     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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