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Effect of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists on attentional set-shifting impairment in...

Effect of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists on attentional set-shifting impairment in...

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Effect of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists on attentional set-shifting impairment in rats

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Effect of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists on attentional set-shifting impairment in rats

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Psychopharmacology, 2014-02, Vol.231 (4), p.673-683

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Contents

Rationale
Attentional set shifting, a measure of executive function, is impaired in schizophrenia patients. Current standard of care has little therapeutic benefit for treating cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia; therefore, novel drugs and animal models for testing novel therapies are needed. The NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801, produces de...

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Effect of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists on attentional set-shifting impairment in rats

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1492445211

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1492445211

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ISSN

0033-3158

E-ISSN

1432-2072

DOI

10.1007/s00213-013-3275-6

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