Beneficial effects of the NMDA antagonist ketamine on decision processes in visual search

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 9947-9953

  Shen, Kelly ^a   Kalwarowsky, Sarah ^a   Clarence, Wendy ^b   Brunamonti, Emiliano ^a,b   Paré, Martin ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUMINANCE; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; KETAMINE; MACACA MULATTA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77954859064     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6317-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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