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Experimental Strategies for Investigating Psychostimulant Drug Actions and Prefrontal Cortical Function in ADHD and Related Attention Disorders

  1. Kara L. Agster1,
  2. Brian D. Clark1,
  3. Wen-Jun Gao1,
  4. Jed S. Shumsky1,
  5. Huaixing X. Wang1,
  6. Craig W. Berridge2,
  7. Barry D. Waterhouse1,†,*

Article first published online: 8 SEP 2011

DOI: 10.1002/ar.21403

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The Anatomical Record

Special Issue: Thematic Papers: New Concepts in Developing Brain Disorders—Autism

Volume 294, Issue 10, pages 1698–1712, October 2011

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Agster, K. L., Clark, B. D., Gao, W.-J., Shumsky, J. S., Wang, H. X., Berridge, C. W. and Waterhouse, B. D. (2011), Experimental Strategies for Investigating Psychostimulant Drug Actions and Prefrontal Cortical Function in ADHD and Related Attention Disorders. Anat Rec, 294: 1698–1712. doi: 10.1002/ar.21403

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  1. 1

    Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  2. 2

    Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

  1. †

    Fax: 215-843-9082

*Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129

  1. †

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Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 SEP 2011
  2. Article first published online: 8 SEP 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 FEB 2011
  4. Manuscript Revised: 26 OCT 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 17 JUN 2010

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  • NIDA
  • NIMH
  • National Science Foundation
  • Drexel Translational Foundation Grant (PA Tobacco Formula Funds)
  • Drexel Human Cognition Enhancement Program
  • Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery
  • University of Wisconsin Graduate School. Grant Numbers: DA0917960, DA000389, MH14602, MH081843, MH084474, NSF 0918555

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