Performance on an impulse control task is altered in adult rats exposed to amphetamine during adolescence

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 733-744

  Hankosky, Emily R ^a   Gulley, Joshua M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Amphetamine; Development; Impulsivity; Prefrontal cortex; Psychostimulants

Indexed keywords

RATTUS;

AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOSTIMULANTS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADOLESCENCE; AMPHETAMINE; DEVELOPMENT; IMPULSIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSTIMULANTS;

AGE FACTORS; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD;

EID: 84885472751     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21067     Document Type: Article

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