Effects of the alpha-2 adrenoceptor agonist guanfacine on attention and working memory in aged non-human primates

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1018-1022

  Decamp, Emmanuel ^a   Clark, Kathryn ^a   Schneider, Jay S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Noradrenergic; Primate; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GUANFACINE; IDAZOXAN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERROR; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGING; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUANFACINE; IDAZOXAN; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 80052970126     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07815.x     Document Type: Article

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