Modafinil facilitates performance on a delayed nonmatching to position swim task in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 735-741

  Ward, Christopher P ^a   Harsh, John R ^a   York, Kaki M ^a   Stewart, Krista L ^a   McCoy, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Delayed nonmatching to position task; Modafinil; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3843116697     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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