Physical exercise and catecholamine reuptake inhibitors affect orienting behavior and social interaction in a rat model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 762-771

  Robinson, Andrea M ^a   Eggleston, Rachel L ^a   Bucci, David J ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomoxetine; Attention; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Locomotor activity; Methylphenidate; Rat

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LOCOMOTION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; RAT; REARING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADRENERGIC UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PROPYLAMINES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84875399812     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030488     Document Type: Article

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