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| Title |
The effects of methylphenidate on cognitive performance of healthy male rats
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2013.00097 |
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| Authors |
Claire L. Rostron, Elise Kaplan, Victoria Gaeta, Rachel Nigriello, Eleanor J. Dommett |
| Abstract |
WE AIMED TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF METHYLPHENIDATE (MPH) IN HEALTHY RATS ON TWO DISTINCT RADIAL MAZE TASKS WHICH RELY ON BRAIN STRUCTURES AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS KNOWN TO BE AFFECTED BY MPH: the Random Foraging Non-Delay Task (RFNDT) and the Delayed Spatial Win Shift Task (DSWT). Hooded Lister rats were trained to complete either the RFNDT or the DSWT having received oral treatment of either a vehicle or MPH (3.0 mg/kg and 5.0 mg/kg for RFNDT, 3.0 mg/kg for DSWT). We found no effect of MPH on the RFNDT relative to the control group. However, those treated with 5.0 mg/kg MPH did take significantly longer to reach criterion performance than those treated with the 3.0 mg/kg MPH, suggesting some doses of MPH can have detrimental effects. For the DSWT, if MPH was present in both phases, performance did not differ from when it was absent in both phases. However, when present in only one phase there was an increase in errors made, although this only reached significance for when MPH was present only in the test-phase. These data suggest that MPH may have detrimental effects on task performance and can result in state-dependent effects in healthy individuals. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 28 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 25 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 8 | 29% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 8 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 25% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 14% |
| Psychology | 4 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 8 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 June 2013.
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