Effects of nicotine on visuo-spatial selective attention as indexed by event-related potentials

Neuroscience

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 201-212

  Meinke, A ^a   Thiel, C M ^a,b   Fink, G R ^a,b,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endogenous cueing; Exogenous cueing; Posner paradigm; Spatial cueing; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NICOTINE; NICOTINE GUM; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; POLYVINYLS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33749059802     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.03.072     Document Type: Article

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