Chronic oral methylphenidate induces post-treatment impairment in recognition and spatial memory in adult rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-225

  LeBlanc Duchin, Denise ^a   Taukulis, Harald K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic treatment; Object Placement test; Object Recognition test; Open Field test; Oral methylphenidate; Post treatment

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; METHYLPHENIDATE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 60749126807     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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