Effect of intermittent exposure to ethanol and MDMA during adolescence on learning and memory in adult mice

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vidal Infer, Antonio ^a   Aguilar, Maria A ^a   Miñarro, Jose ^a   Rodríguez Arias, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Hebb Williams maze; Learning; MDMA; Memory

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS;

EID: 84862307903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-8-32     Document Type: Article

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