Cognitive control and the anterior cingulate cortex: How conflicting stimuli affect attentional control in the rat

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 95-103

  Newman, Lori A ^a,b   Creer, David J ^a   McGaughy, Jill A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict monitoring; Distractibility; Executive function; Flanker; Prefrontal cortex; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EXCITOTOXICITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONFLICT; INJURIES; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GYRUS CINGULI; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84929321037     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: 17697115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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