Chronic cannabinoid treatment during young adulthood induces sex-specific behavioural deficits in maternally separated rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-313

  Klug, Maren ^a,b   van den Buuse, Maarten ^a,c  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Anxiety; Cannabis abuse; Schizophrenia; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; CANNABINOID; SUCROSE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SENSORY GATING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CANNABINOIDS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STARTLE REACTION; SUCROSE;

EID: 84862273458     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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