Prague Med. Rep. 2014, 115, 43-59

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2014.5

Effect of Amphetamine on Adult Male and Female Rats Prenatally Exposed to Methamphetamine

Romana Šlamberová*, Eva Macúchová, Kateryna Nohejlová, Andrea Štofková, Jana Jurčovičová

Department of Normal, Pathological and Clinical Physiology, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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