The neural and genetic basis of executive function: Attention, cognitive flexibility, and response inhibition

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-54

  Logue, Sheree F ^a   Gould, Thomas J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cognition; Dopamine; Impulsivity; Norepinephrine; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; CHOLINE;

ALLELE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ATTENTION; CHOLINE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84905218071     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.08.007     Document Type: Review

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