Methylphenidate attenuates rats' preference for a novel spatial stimulus introduced into a familiar environment: Assessment using a force-plate actometer

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-43

  Fowler, Stephen C ^a   Zarcone, Troy J ^b   Levant, Beth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actometer; Attention; Methylphenidate; Novelty; Rat; Spatial stimulus

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952543730     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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