Abnormal Topography and Altered Acquisition of Conditioned Eyeblink Responses in a Rodent Model of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-74

  Chess, Amy C ^a   Green, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; cerebellum; eyeblink classical conditioning; spontaneously hypertensive rat; timing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE HEART FAILURE RAT; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINKING; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40749091983     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.122.1.63     Document Type: Article

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