Differential cortical acetylcholine release in rats performing a sustained attention task versus behavioral control tasks that do not explicitly tax attention

Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 451-460

  Arnold, H M ^a   Burk, J A ^a   Hodgson, E M ^a   Sarter, M ^a   Bruno, J P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basal forebrain; Cortex; Microdialysis; Operant performance; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; FOREBRAIN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036776126     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00292-0     Document Type: Article

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