Effects of the noradrenergic agonist clonidine on temporal and spatial attention

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-269

  Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^a,b   Van Nieuwpoort, I Caroline ^c   Veltman, Dick J ^c   Drent, Madeleine L ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional blink; Clonidine; Locus coeruleus; Norepinephrine; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTORECEPTORS; BLINKING; CLONIDINE; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34347369110     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0770-7     Document Type: Article

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