Neurobiology of executive functions: Catecholamine influences on prefrontal cortical functions

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1377-1384

  Arnsten, Amy F T ^a   Li, Bao Ming ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ADHD; Dopamine; Norepinephrine; Prefrontal cortex; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

3 (1 ADAMANTYL) 1 AMINOMETHYL 3,4 DIHYDRO 5,6 DIHYDROXY 1H 2 BENZOPYRAN; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AMPHETAMINE; ATOMOXETINE; CATECHOLAMINE; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GUANFACINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; YOHIMBINE;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DISTRACTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMAGING; IMPULSIVENESS; LOCOMOTION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAMANTANE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BENZOPYRANS; CATECHOLAMINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GUANFACINE; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 20444425251     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.08.019     Document Type: Review

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