New perspectives on catecholaminergic regulation of executive circuits: Evidence for independent modulation of prefrontal functions by midbrain dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Chandler, Daniel J ^a   Waterhouse, Barry D ^a   Gao, Wen Jun ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Dopamine; Executive function; Norepinephrine; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; BRAIN REGION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WORKING MEMORY; ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84901404828     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00053     Document Type: Review

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