Differential locomotor responses in male rats from three strains to acute methylphenidate

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1063-1084

  Amini, Behrang ^a   Yang, Pamela B ^a   Swann, Alan C ^b   Dafny, Nachum ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral response; Rats; Ritalin; SD; SHR; Strain differences; WKY

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4444319179     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490475526     Document Type: Article

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