Chemical neuromodulation of frontal-executive functions in humans and other animals

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-138

  Robbins, T W ^a  

^a Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dopamine; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Executive function; Methylphenidate; Noradrenaline; Orbitofrontal cortex; Planning; Prefrontal cortex; Serotonin; Set shifting; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; SEROTONIN; SULPIRIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DIET; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MONKEY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034126787     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000407     Document Type: Review

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