Evidence for impulsivity in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat drawn from complementary response-withholding tasks

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The inability to inhibit reinforced responses is a defining feature of ADHD associated with impulsivity. The Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat (SHR) has been extolled as an animal model of ADHD, but there is no clear experimental eviden...

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Main Authors: Killeen Peter R, Sanabria Federico
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-02-01
Series:Behavioral and Brain Functions
Online Access:http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/4/1/7