Differential effects of environmental enrichment, social-housing, and isolation-rearing on a rat gambling task: Dissociations between impulsive action and risky decision-making

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 381-395

  Zeeb, Fiona D ^a,b   Wong, Adeline C ^a   Winstanley, Catharine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Decision making; Dopamine; Environmental enrichment; Impulsivity; Isolation

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMPHETAMINE; ETICLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HOUSING; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ENVIRONMENT; GAMBLING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84872356470     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2822-x     Document Type: Article

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