Mesocortical dopamine modulation of executive functions: Beyond working memory

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 567-585

  Floresco, Stan B ^a,b   Magyar, Orsolya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aversive conditioning; D2 receptor; D4 receptor; Decision making; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 3 [[4 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]METHYL] 1H PYRROLO[2,3 B]PYRIDINE; 6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR AGONIST; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ECOPIPAM; ETICLOPRIDE; FLUPENTIXOL; METHYLPHENIDATE; PD 168077; QUINPIROLE; RACLOPRIDE; SULPIRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANOXERINE;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE;

EID: 33847225990     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0404-5     Document Type: Review

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