Neuromodulation and Cognitive Performance: Recent Studies of Noradrenergic Locus Ceruleus Neurons in Behaving Monkeys

Advances in Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue C, 1997, Pages 755-759

  Aston Jones, G ^a   Rajkowski, J ^a   Ivanova, S ^a   Usher, M ^b   Cohen, J ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009773773     PISSN: 10543589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-3589(08)60857-1     Document Type: Article

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