Sexually dimorphic alterations in locomotion and reversal learning after adolescent tetrahydrocannabinol exposure in the rat

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 515-524

  Harte, Lauren C ^a   Dow Edwards, Diana ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Avoidance; Cannabinoid; Locomotor activity; Rodent; Tetrahydrocannabinol

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANNABIS SATIVA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77955512882     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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