Effects of ethanol, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or their combination on object recognition memory and object preference in adolescent and adult male rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 527, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-15

  Swartzwelder, Nicholas A ^a   Louise Risher, M ^b,c   Abdelwahab, Sabri H ^b,c   D'Abo, Anouska ^a   Rezvani, Amir H ^a,b   Levin, Edward D ^a,b   Wilson, Wilkie A ^a,c   Swartzwelder, H Scott ^a,b,c   Acheson, Shawn K ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

9 Tetrahydrocannabinol; Adolescence; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOL; FORM PERCEPTION; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 84866511555     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.08.037     Document Type: Article

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