Effects of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and its metabolic precursors on delayed-matching-to-position performance in rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-187

  Kueh, Daniel ^a   Iwamoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Poling, Alan ^a   Baker, Lisa E ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,4 BD; Delayed matching to position; Ethanol; GBL; GHB; Memory; Rats; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

1,4 BUTANEDIOL; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE;

ACCURACY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; ETHANOL; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM OXYBATE;

RATTUS;

EID: 39149135226     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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