Abstract: ABSTRACTAlthough cannabis belongs to the most widely used drugs among adolescents, little is known about its acute and lasting neurobehavioral effects during critical developmental periods. In the present study we investigated acute and long‐term behavioral effects of the cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212‐2 (WIN) in pubertal and adult rats. Chronic WIN (1.2 mg/kg)/vehicle treatment was extended over 25 days throughout puberty, from postnatal day (pd) 40 to pd 65, or for a similar time period in adult rats (> pd 80). All animals were tested ...
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Physiology
Internal medicine
Developmental psychology