Catecholamine-mediated increases in gain enhance the precision of cortical representations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 5699-5708

  Warren, Christopher M ^a   Eldar, Eran ^b   van den Brink, Ruud L ^a   Tona, Klodianna Daphne ^a   van der Wee, Nic J ^a,c   Giltay, Eric J ^c   Van Noorden, Martijn S ^c   Bosch, Jos A ^d,e   Wilson, Robert C ^f   Cohen, Jonathan D ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^g  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f The University of Arizona   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Dopamine; FMRI; Norepinephrine; Perception; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

ATOMOXETINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CATECHOLAMINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX LAYER; BREATHING RATE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PULSE OXIMETRY; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOLAMINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969844561     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3475-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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