Acute and chronic cannabinoid treatment differentially affects recognition memory and social behavior in pubertal and adult rats

Addiction Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 345-357

  Schneider, Miriam ^a   Schömig, Edgar ^b   Leweke, F Markus ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid; Puberty; Recognition memory; Social behavior; Social interaction; WIN 55,212 2

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AGE; AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BENZOXAZINES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 49349108613     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2008.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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