Evidence for a specialized role of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system in cortical circuitries and behavioral operations

Brain Research

Volumn 1641, Issue , 2016, Pages 197-206

  Chandler, Daniel J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Locus coeruleus; Motor cortex; Norepinephrines; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AXON; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE;

EID: 84953234279     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.11.022     Document Type: Review

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