An integrative theory of locus coeruleus-norepinephrine function: Adaptive gain and optimal performance

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue , 2005, Pages 403-450

  Aston Jones, Gary ^a   Cohen, Jonathan D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Decision making; Neuromodulation; Optimization; Orbitofrontal cortex; Utility

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LOCUS CERULEUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NOREPINEPHRINE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23244432007     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.28.061604.135709     Document Type: Review

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