The contribution of cholinergic and dopaminergic afferents in the rat prefrontal cortex to learning, memory, and attention

Psychobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 238-247

  Ragozzino, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT;

EID: 0033941597     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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