Chronic administration during early adulthood does not alter the hormonally-dependent disruptive effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) on complex behavior in female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 117, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-127

  Winsauer, Peter J ^a   Sutton, Jessie L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Learning; Ovariectomy; Rat; Young adults

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE);

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVARIECTOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; SHAM PROCEDURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TASK PERFORMANCE; UTERUS WEIGHT;

BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; OVARIECTOMY; RAT; YOUNG ADULTS; Δ(9)-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZOXAZINES; BODY WEIGHT; DRONABINOL; FEMALE; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UTERUS;

EID: 84891673912     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.12.014     Document Type: Article

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