Methylphenidate improves cognitive deficits produced by infantile iron deficiency in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-152

  Mohamed, Wael M Y ^a   Unger, Erica L ^a   Kambhampati, Sarita K ^a   Jones, Byron C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Infancy; Iron deficiency; Methylphenidate

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEMATOCRIT; IRON DEFICIENCY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 78149407464     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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