Set shifting in a rodent model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-382

  Chess, Amy C ^a   Raymond, Brittany E ^b   Gardner Morse, Ira G ^b   Stefani, Mark R ^c   Green, John T ^b  

^a CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; Extradimensional; Set shifting; SHR; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRIGHTNESS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SET SHIFTING; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; RODENTIA; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79958695978     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023571     Document Type: Article

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