MDMA Pretreatment Leads to Mild Chronic Unpredictable Stress-Induced Impairments in Spatial Learning

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1076-1084

  Cunningham, Jacobi I ^a   Raudensky, Jamie ^a   Tonkiss, John ^a   Yamamoto, Bryan K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic unpredictable stress; elevated plus maze; hippocampus; MDMA; Morris water maze

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70350098234     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016716     Document Type: Article

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