A neurochemical yin and yang: Does serotonin activate and norepinephrine deactivate the prefrontal cortex?

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 213, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Fitzgerald, Paul J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Cognitive flexibility; Executive function; Fluoxetine; Guanfacine; Impulsivity; Propranolol; Reversal learning .Working memory

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ATENOLOL; ATOMOXETINE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BETAXOLOL; BUSPIRONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIRAZOLINE; CITALOPRAM; CLENBUTEROL; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; FENFLURAMINE; FLUOXETINE; GUANFACINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NORADRENALIN; PAROXETINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; YOHIMBINE;

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN;

EID: 79952488702     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1856-1     Document Type: Review

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