Chronic prenatal caffeine exposure impairs novel object recognition and radial arm maze behaviors in adult rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-199

  Soellner, Deborah E ^a   Grandys, Theresa ^a   Nuñez, Joseph L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Learning and memory; Morris water maze; Novel object recognition; Prenatal; Radial arm maze

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 70349289059     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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