Weekend Ecstasy use disrupts memory in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 549, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-176

  McAleer, Leah M ^a   Schallert, Timothy ^a   Duvauchelle, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Habituation; MDMA; Memory; Rats; Recognition; Self administration

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HABITUATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HABITUATION; MDMA; MEMORY; RATS; RECOGNITION; SELF-ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84880755199     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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