Age-dependent effects of modafinil on acoustic startle and prepulse inhibition in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-123

  McFadden, Sandra L ^a   Zulas, Amanda L ^a   Morgan, Russell E ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle reflex; Aging; Cognitive impairment; Psychostimulant; Rats; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ACOUSTIC STARTLE REFLEX; ADULT ANIMAL; AGING; ALERTNESS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG EVANS RAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; AMPHETAMINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 77951909776     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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