A low dose of the alpha 2 agonist clonidine ameliorates the visual attention and spatial working memory deficits produced by phencyclidine administration to rats

AbstractRationale  Psychotomimetic N-methyl-d-aspartate/glutamate receptor antagonists, such as phencyclidine (PCP), have been shown to produce a spectrum of behavioral, neurochemical and anatomical changes in rats that are relevant to aspects o