Cannabinoids and novelty investigation: Influence of age and duration of exposure

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-253

  Fox, Krysta M ^a   Sterling, Robert C ^a   Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attention; Cannabinoids; Hole board; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Novelty investigation; 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; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BENZOXAZINES; CANNABINOIDS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MORPHOLINES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NAPHTHALENES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 57549111018     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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