Subcircuit-specific neuromodulation in the prefrontal cortex

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Dembrow, Nikolai ^a   Johnston, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromodulation; Prefrontal cortex; Projection neurons

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; DEPOLARIZATION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EX VIVO STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMPULSIVENESS; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOTIVATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROJECTION NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

NEUROMODULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROJECTION NEURONS;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84902073533     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00054     Document Type: Review

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