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Developmental stress elicits preference for methamphetamine in the spontaneously hypertensive rat model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Behavioral and brain functions : BBF - 17 Jun 2016
Womersley Jacqueline S, Mpeta Bafokeng, Dimatelis Jacqueline J, Kellaway Lauriston A, Stein Dan J, Russell Vivienne A
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BACKGROUND: Developmental stress has been hypothesised to interact with genetic predisposition to increase the risk of developing substance use disorders. Here we have investigated the effects of maternal separation-induced developmental stress using a behavioural proxy of methamphetamine preference in an animal model of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, the spontaneously hypertensive rat, versus Wistar...
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