Age-related differences in impulsivity among adolescent and adult Sprague-Dawley rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 735-741

  Doremus Fitzwater, Tamara L ^a   Barreto, Michelle ^a   Spear, Linda P ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delay discounting; Impulsivity; Rat; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REWARD; SENSATION SEEKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; ANIMAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84874958482     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029697     Document Type: Article

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