Cholinergic enhancement reduces functional connectivity and BOLD variability in visual extrastriate cortex during selective attention

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 305-313

  Ricciardi, Emiliano ^a   Handjaras, Giacomo ^a   Bernardi, Giulio ^a   Pietrini, Pietro ^a   Furey, Maura L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cholinergic system; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Neural efficiency; Physostigmine

Indexed keywords

PHYSOSTIGMINE; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EXTRASTRIATE BODY AREA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84866379051     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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