Cholinergic optimization of cue-evoked parietal activity during challenged attentional performance

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1711-1722

  Broussard, John I ^a,c   Karelina, Kate ^a   Sarter, Martin ^b   Givens, Ben ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Department of Neuroscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Acetylcholine (ACh); Neuronal ensembles; Posterior parietal cortex; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; DEAFFERENTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CUES; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 64849091426     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06713.x     Document Type: Article

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