Methylphenidate improves performance on the radial arm maze in periadolescent rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 419-427

  Dow Edwards, Diana L ^a   Weedon, Jeremy C ^a   Hellmann, Esther ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Food restriction; Periadolescence; Psychostimulants; Sex differences; Spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEEDING; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STOMACH INTUBATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGING; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 50349098741     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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