Differential sensitivity to psychostimulants across prefrontal cognitive tasks: Differential involvement of noradrenergic α 1- and α 2-receptors

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 467-473

  Berridge, Craig W ^a   Shumsky, Jed S ^b   Andrzejewski, Matt E ^a   McGaughy, Jill A ^c   Spencer, Robert C ^a   Devilbiss, David M ^a   Waterhouse, Barry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; cognition; dopamine; methylphenidate; norepinephrine; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; METHYLPHENIDATE; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 84858751083     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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