Nicotine increases impulsivity and decreases willingness to exert cognitive effort despite improving attention in "Slacker" rats: Insights into cholinergic regulation of cost/benefit decision making

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Hosking, Jay G ^a   Lam, Fred C W ^a   Winstanley, Catharine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; OXOTREMORINE; SCOPOLAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WILLINGNESS; ANIMAL; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECTS; LONG EVANS RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; OXOTREMORINE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE;

EID: 84908565997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111580     Document Type: Article

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