Sex differences in the effects of social and physical environment on novelty-induced exploratory behavior and cocaine-stimulated locomotor activity in adolescent rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-99

  Zakharova, Elena ^a   Starosciak, Amy ^a   Wade, Dean ^a   Izenwasser, Sari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cocaine; Enrichment; Exploratory behavior; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84857253153     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.01.052     Document Type: Article

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