Sex differences in adult cognitive deficits after adolescent nicotine exposure in rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-78

  Pickens, Laura R G ^a   Rowan, James D ^b   Bevins, Rick A ^c   Fountain, Stephen B ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent nicotine exposure; Cognitive deficits; Sequential learning; Serial multiple choice task; Serial pattern learning; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADOLESCENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT NICOTINE EXPOSURE; COGNITIVE DEFICITS; SEQUENTIAL LEARNING; SERIAL MULTIPLE CHOICE TASK; SERIAL PATTERN LEARNING; SEX DIFFERENCES;

ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; SERIAL LEARNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84880394373     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: 18729738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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