Noradrenergic control of error perseveration in medial prefrontal cortex

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Caetano, Marcelo S ^a,b,c   Jin, Lu E ^a   Harenberg, Linda ^b   Stachenfeld, Kimberly L ^b   Arnsten, Amy F T ^a   Laubach, Mark ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Behavioral flexibility; Cognitive control; Muscimol; Noradrenaline; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; YOHIMBINE;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERROR; IMPULSIVENESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESERVATION; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84871307432     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2012.00125     Document Type: Article

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