What do phasic cholinergic signals do?

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 135-141

  Sarter, Martin ^a   Lustig, Cindy ^a   Berry, Anne S ^b   Gritton, Howard ^c   Howe, William M ^c,d   Parikh, Vinay ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Attention; Cognition; Cortex

Indexed keywords

EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MEDIATOR; MOBILIZATION; MONITORING; REWARD; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COGNITION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; REWARD;

EID: 84959223627     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.02.008     Document Type: Review

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