Cortical acetylcholine and processing capacity: Effects of cortical cholinergic deafferentation on crossmodal divided attention in rats

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-158

  Turchi, Janita ^a   Sarter, Martin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Acetylcholine; Cortex; Divided attention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; FOREBRAIN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031440690     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(97)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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