Alteration of brain noradrenergic activity in rhesus monkeys affects the alerting component of covert orienting

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-323

  Witte, E A ^a,b   Marrocco, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerting; Attention; Clonidine; Guanfacine; Monkey; Reaction times

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN;

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RHESUS MONKEY;

ADRENERGIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 0030825194     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050351     Document Type: Article

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