Influence of acute caffeine on 50-kHz ultrasonic vocalizations in male adult rats and relevance to caffeine-mediated psychopharmacological effects

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-132

  Simola, Nicola ^a   Ma, Sean T ^b   Schallert, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Caffeine; Rat; Reward; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CAFFEINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77949653621     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145709990113     Document Type: Article

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