Guanfacine modulates the influence of emotional cues on prefrontal cortex activation for cognitive control

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 261-271

  Schulz, Kurt P ^a   Clerkin, Suzanne M ^a   Fan, Jin ^a,b   Halperin, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Newcorn, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; fMRI, Go No go task; Guanfacine; Prefrontal cortex; Response execution; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GUANFACINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GUANFACINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84877128594     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2893-8     Document Type: Article

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