Contributions of Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine to Cognition and Executive Function

Dopamine Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Floresco, Stan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Dopamine receptors; Dopamine transmission; Executive function; Prefrontal cortex; Striatum; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918936927     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373035.003.0015     Document Type: Chapter

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