Locomotor activity changes in female adolescent and adult rats during repeated treatment with a cannabinoid or club drug

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1085-1092

  Wiley, Jenny L ^a,b   Evans, Rhys L ^b   Grainger, Darren B ^b   Nicholson, Katherine L ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral sensitization; Club drugs; Cocaine; Female rats; Locomotor activity; MDMA; THC

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; DRONABINOL; KETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 83155175631     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1734-1140(11)70627-2     Document Type: Article

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