Selective behavioral and neurochemical effects of cholinergic lesions produced by intrabasalis infusions of 192 IgG-saporin on attentional performance in a five-choice serial reaction time task

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1905-1913

  McGaughy, J ^a,b   Dalley, J W ^a   Morrison, C H ^a   Everitt, B J ^a   Robbins, T W ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Attention; Basal forebrain; In vivo microdialysis; Nucleus basalis magnocellularis; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SAPORIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 0036523105     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-05-01905.2002     Document Type: Article

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