Acute effects of donepezil in healthy young adults underline the fractionation of executive functioning

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1508-1516

  Ginani, G E ^a   Tufik, S ^a   Bueno, Ofa ^a   Pradella Hallinan, M ^a   Rusted, J ^b   Pompeia S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; donepezil; dual task; executive functions; working memory

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INDANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PIPERIDINES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455205764     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881110391832     Document Type: Article

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