Long-term effects of chronic oral ritalin administration on cognitive and neural development in adolescent Wistar Kyoto rats

Brain Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-404

  Pardey, Margery C ^a   Kumar, Natasha N ^b   Goodchild, Ann K ^b   Clemens, Kelly J ^a   Homewood, Judi ^a   Cornish, Jennifer L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Chronic administration; Impulsive choice; Impulsivity; Methylphenidate; Prefrontal cortex; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; RAT;

EID: 84892147321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci2030375     Document Type: Article

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