Acute and chronic methylphenidate alters prefrontal cortex neuronal activity recorded from freely behaving rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 679, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 60-67

  Claussen, Catherine M ^a   Dafny, Nachum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Freely behaving rats; Neuronal activity; Prefrontal cortex; Ritalin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; METHYLPHENIDATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE EFFECT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SELECTION; CHRONIC EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 84857790029     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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