α-Adrenergic receptors in auditory cue detection: α2 receptor blockade suppresses false alarm responding in the rat

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2178-2183

  Brown II, Dewey C ^a   Co, Marissa S ^a   Wolff, Ruben C ^a   Atzori, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alertness; Selective attention; Sustained attention; Vigilance; 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; YOHIMBINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HABITUATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEARING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 84869085984     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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