Dopamine D2-receptor blockade enhances decoding of prefrontal signals in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4104-4111

  Kahnt, Thorsten ^a,b   Weber, Susanna C ^b   Haker, Helene ^b   Robbins, Trevor W ^c   Tobler, Philippe N ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Dopamine; fMRI; MVPA; Orbitofrontal cortex; Reward

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; SULPIRIDE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SULTOPRIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL REWARD ADDICTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; ORBITAL CORTEX; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHOLE BODY MRI; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; LEARNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULPIRIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924787371     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4182-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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