Short-term memory: the role of d-amphetamine

Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1981 Nov;15(5):673-6. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(81)90002-2.

Abstract

d-Amphetamine injections produce a dose-dependent disruption of performance within a discrete delayed alternation and a spatial delayed matching-to-sample task. Since d-amphetamine in the doses used had no deleterious effects on discrimination performance (no delay condition), it is suggested that d-amphetamine disrupts neuronal activity representing short-term memory. The data provide support for an independence model of short- and long-term memory.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Conditioning, Operant / drug effects
  • Dextroamphetamine / pharmacology*
  • Male
  • Memory, Short-Term / drug effects*
  • Motor Activity / drug effects
  • Rats

Substances

  • Dextroamphetamine