Early life stress exacerbates cognitive dysfunction induced by D-amphetamine: Amelioration by valproic acid

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 627-637

  Pinheiro, Rose Mary Carvalho ^a   De Lima, Maria Noêmia Martins ^a   Fries, Gabriel Rodrigo ^b,c   Garcia, Vanessa Athaíde ^a,b   Presti Torres, Juliana ^a   Hallmenschlager, Luis Henrique ^a   Alcalde, Luisa Azambuja ^a   Roesler, Rafael ^b,c,d   Andersen, Monica Levy ^e   Quevedo, João ^b,f   Kapczinski, Flávio ^c   Schröder, Nadja ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b National Institute for Translational Medicine INCT TM   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; D amphetamine; Maternal deprivation; Rats; Recognition memory; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; LIFE EVENT; MANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; FEMALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MEMORY DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84863474393     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0754-y     Document Type: Article

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