The effects of psychotomimetic and putative cognitive-enhancing drugs on the performance of a n-back working memory task in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 67-78

  Ko, Tracey ^a,b   Evenden, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; MK801; Nicotine; Schizophrenia; SKF38393; Translational

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIZOCILPINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; RECALL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-7,8-DIHYDROXY-1-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPINE; AMPHETAMINES; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HALLUCINOGENS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 59449101727     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1314-5     Document Type: Article

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