Excitotoxic lesions of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in rats impair performance on a test of sustained attention

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-264

  Kozak, Rouba ^b   Bowman, Eric M ^a   Latimer, Mary P ^a   Rostron, Claire L ^a   Winn, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ascending reticular activating system; Basal forebrain; Corticostriatal; Executive function; Pontomesencephalic tegmentum; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EXCITOTOXICITY; FOOD; FRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MALE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS;

EID: 17444385210     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-2143-3     Document Type: Article

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