The effects of methylphenidate on cognitive performance of healthy male rats

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 JUN, 2013, Pages

  Rostron, Claire L ^a   Kaplan, Elise ^a   Gaeta, Victoria ^a   Nigriello, Rachel ^a   Dommett, Eleanor J ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement; Dopamine; Hippocampus; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex; Radial maze; State dependent effects

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED SPATIAL WIN SHIFT TASK; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FORAGING; LISTER HOODED RAT; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RANDOM FORAGING NON DELAY TASK; RAT; REWARD;

EID: 84904917832     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00097     Document Type: Article

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