Dantrolene diminishes forelimb force-related tremor at doses that do not decrease operant behavior in the rat

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 385-391

  Stanford, John A ^a   Fowler, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANTROLENE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; WATER; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; FORELIMB; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TREMOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DANTROLENE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXERTION; FORELIMB; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TREMOR;

EID: 85047686099     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1064-1297.10.4.385     Document Type: Article

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