Genetic vasopressin deficiency facilitates performance of a lateralized reaction-time task: Altered attention and motor processes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1066-1071

  Jentsch, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autism; Brattleboro rat; Cognition; Schizophrenia; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACILITATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; RECEPTOR GENE; REINFORCEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0037320879     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-03-01066.2003     Document Type: Article

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