Selective effects of cholinergic modulation on task performance during selective attention

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 913-923

  Furey, Maura L ^a   Pietrini, Pietro ^b   Haxby, James V ^c   Drevets, Wayne C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cognition; Human; Physostigmine; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SCOPOLAMINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39149090335     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1301461     Document Type: Article

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