Catecholamines and attention II: Pharmacological studies in normal humans

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 353-364

  Clark, C R ^a   Geffen, G M ^a   Geffen, L B ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activation; Arousal; Attention; Capacity; Catecholamines; Dopamine; Human information processing; Noradrenaline; Response processing; State modulation; Stimulus processing

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; DROPERIDOL; METHYLPHENIDATE; NORADRENALIN;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CATECHOLAMINES; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROPERIDOL; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

EID: 1642611928     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(87)80007-6     Document Type: Article

References (99)

1. Central noradrenergic neurons: a locus for the functional interplay between alpha-2 adrenoceptors and opiate receptors
2. On the division of attention: a disproof of the single channel hypothesis
3. A classification of hand preference by association analysis
4. Naloxone increases electrophysiological measures of selective information processing in humans
5. Naloxone augments electrophysiological signs of selective attention in man
6. Drugs and the treatment of psychiatric disorders
7. Biochemistry and the schizophrenias: old concepts and new hypotheses
8. Attention as a problem in behavior theory
9. Material-specific hemispheric activation
10. Cognitive deficit caused by regional depletion of dopamine in prefrontal cortex of rhesus monkeys
11. Human information processing: some effects of methylphenidate, age and scopolamine
12. Monoamines in the control of state-dependent cortical functions: evidence from studies in animals and humans
13. Role of monoamine pathways in the control of attention: effects of methylphenidate and droperidol in normal adult humans
14. Role of monoamine pathways in attention and effort: effects of clonidine and methylphenidate in normal adult humans
15. Catecholamines and attention I: Animal and clinical studies
16. Effect of methylphenidate on young adults' vigilance and event-related potentials
17. A comparison of the abilities of typical neuroleptic agents and of thioridazine, clozapine, sulphiride and metoclopramide to antagonise the hyperactivity induced by dopamine applied intracerebrally to areas of the extrapyramidal and mesolimbic systems
18. Biochemical actions of neuroleptic drugs: focus on the dopamine receptor
19. Absorption, metabolism and excretion of droperidol by human subjects following intramuscular and intravenous administration
20. Pharmacokinetics and concentration-effect relationships of intravenous and oral clonidine
21. Attention some theoretical considerations
22. Antinociceptive actions of clonidine
23. A study of the central effects of sympathomimetic drugs: EEG and behavioural investigations of clonidine and naphazoline
24. Effects of putative neurotransmitters on neuronal activity in monkey auditory cortex
25. Impulse activity of locus coeruleus neurons in awake rats and monkeys is a function of sensory stimulation and arousal
26. Nucleus locus coeruleus: new evidence of anatomical and physiological specificity
27. The pharmacological profile of some psychomotor stimulant drugs including chemical, neurophysiological, biochemical and toxicological aspects
28. Reliability and validity of the dichotic monitoring test for language laterality
29. Hemispheric specialization and ear advantages in processing speech
30. Lateral asymmetry of neurotransmitters in human brain
31. Endogenous brain potentials associated with selective auditory attention
32. Effects of stimulation rate and attribute cueing on event-related potentials during selective auditory attention
33. Chlorpromazine and serial reaction performance
34. Electrophysiology of human selective attention
35. Electrical signs of selective attention in human brain
36. Psychomotor function and psychoactive drugs
37. The distribution of attention across auditory input channels: an assessment using the human evoked potential
38. The event-related brain potential as an index of display-monitoring workload
39. Cortical monoamines and behaviour
40. Psychometric and psychophysiological actions of antipsychotics in men
41. Methylphenidate hydrochloride effects on psychological tests in acute schizophrenic and nonpsychotic patients
42. Comparison of oral and intravenous methylphenidate
43. Amphetamine psychosis and psychotic symptoms
44. Dopaminergic mechanisms and cognitive deficit in schizophrenia
45. Channels and stages in human information processing a limited analysis of theory and methodology
46. Single cell responses in cat visual cortex to visual stimulation during iontophresis of noradrenaline
47. Functional cerebral space: a model for overflow, transfer and interference effects in human performance: a tutorial review
48. Enhancing effects of methylphendiate on normal young adults cognitive processes
49. Investigations into the mechanism of the hypotensive effect 2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl-amino)-2-imidazoline HCl
50. Investigations into the mechanism of the hypotensive effect 2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl-amino)-2-imidazoline HCl
51. Somatic response patterning and stress: some revisions of activation theory
52. Psychotrophic actions of clonidine
53. Brain function and blood flow
54. Noradrenaline neuron innervation of the neocortex in the rat
55. Region-specific distribution of catecholamine afferents in primate cerebral cortex: a fluorescence histochemical analysis
56. Sensory inattention produced by 6-hydroxydopamine-induced degeneration of ascending dopamine neurons in the brain
57. The pathophysiology of extrapyramidal side-effects of neuroleptic drugs
58. A reply from Dr. Stephen Mason
59. Topographic mapping of human cerebral metabolism: auditory stimulation
60. The effect of psychotropic drugs on endocrine function
61. Intravenous clonidine in the treatment of exaggerated hypotension and hypertensive emergency
62. Drugs used in neuroleptanalgesia
63. Noradrenergic and serotonergic fibres innervate complementary layers in monkey primary visual cortex: an immunohistochemistry study
64. Laminar, tangential and regional organization of the noradrenergic innervation of monkey cortex: Dopamine-β-hydroxylase immunohistochemistry
65. Early selective attention effects on the evoked potential A critical review and reinterpretation
66. On the economy of the human processing system
67. A systematic study of the pharmacological activities of dopamine antagonists
68. Tricyclic antidepressants effects on the firing rate of brain noradrenergic neurons
69. Lateralisation of norepinephrine in human thalamus
70. Auditory evoked potentials and divided attention
71. The prophylactic antiemetic of droperidol
72. Methylphenidate
73. Relationship of neuroleptic drug effects at brain dopamine, serotonin, alpha-adrenergic and histamine receptors to clinical potency
74. Components of attention
75. Arousal, activation and effort in the control of attention
76. Stereotyped behaviour and its relevance for testing neuroleptics
77. Comparative ability of normal and chronic schizophrenic subjects to attend to competing voice messages: effects of method of presentation of message and drugs
78. Apomorphine, haloperidol and the average evoked potentials in normal human volunteers
79. Comparison of intramuscularly and intravenously administered clonidine in the treatment of severe hypertension
80. Evidence that clonidine can activate histamine H2-receptors in rat cerebral cortex
81. The pharmacology of clonidine and related products
82. Localisation of the hypotensive effect of 2-(2-6-dichlorophenylamino)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride (ST155 Catapres)
83. The mathematical theory of communication
84. Dopaminergic A10 neurones are involved in cognitive functions
85. The discovery of processing stages. Extensions of Donders method
86. Inhibition of both noradrenergic and serotonergic neurons in brain by the alpha-adrenergic agonist clonidine
87. Behavioural supersensitivity to apomorphine following chronic treatment with drugs which interfere with the synaptic function of catecholamines
88. A comparison of droperidol, diazepam and hydroxyzine hydrochloride as premedication
89. Selective attention in man
90. Strategies and models of selective attention
91. Interaction of norepinephrine with cerebrocortical activity evoked by stimulation of somatosensory afferent pathways in the rat
92. Enhancement of human performance by caffeine and the amphetamines
93. Single channel operation in the brain
94. The structure of attentional resources