Cholinergic deafferentation of prefrontal cortex increases sensitivity to cross-modal distractors during a sustained attention task

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2642-2650

  Newman, Lori A ^a   McGaughy, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Executive control; Infralimbic cortex; Prelimbic cortex; Selective attention; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; HEARING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40449135342     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5112-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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