Adolescent exposure to nicotine impairs adult serial pattern learning in rats

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-656

  Fountain, Stephen B ^a   Rowan, James D ^b   Kelley, Brian M ^c   Willey, Amanda R ^c   Nolley, Eric P ^c  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRIDGEWATER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent exposure; Chunking; Discrimination learning; Nicotine; Phrasing; Rats; Rule learning; Sequential behavior; Serial pattern learning

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 44349143823     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1346-4     Document Type: Article

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