Prefrontal cortex lesions and scopolamine impair attention performance of C57BL/6 mice in a novel 2-choice visual discrimination task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-76

  Dillon, Gregory M ^a   Shelton, Delia ^a   McKinney, A P ^a   Caniga, Michael ^a   Marcus, Jacob N ^a   Ferguson, Mitchell T ^a   Kornecook, Thomas J ^a   Dodart, Jean Cosme ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Mice; Operant conditioning; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOREBRAIN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SCOPOLAMINE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67849094118     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.04.036     Document Type: Article

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