Sex differences in novelty- and psychostimulant-induced behaviors of C57BL/6 mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 707-718

  Van Swearingen, Amanda E D ^a   Walker, Q David ^a   Kuhn, Cynthia M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Behavior; Cocaine; Female; Male; Metabolism; Mice; Psychostimulant; Sex differences; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNIFFING; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873730617     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2860-4     Document Type: Article

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