The neglected constituent of the basal forebrain corticopetal projection system: GABAergic projections

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1867-1873

  Sarter, Martin ^a   Bruno, John P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basal forebrain; Cognition; GABA; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHESIS; MONITORING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COGNITION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SUBSTANTIA INNOMINATA;

EID: 0036460404     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02004.x     Document Type: Review

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