Short- and long-term cognitive effects of chronic cannabinoids administration in late-adolescence rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Abush, Hila ^a   Akirav, Irit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; TIME;

CANNABIS; RATTUS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RATS; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856866898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031731     Document Type: Article

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