Illuminating the role of cholinergic signaling in circuits of attention and emotionally salient behaviors

Illuminating the role of cholinergic signaling in circuits of attention and emotionally salient behaviors

Acetylcholine (ACh) signaling underlies specific aspects of cognitive functions and behaviors, including attention, learning, memory and motivation. Alterations in ACh signaling are involved in the pathophysiology of multiple neuropsychiatric disorders. In the central nervous system, ACh transmissio...

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Main Authors: Antonio eLuchicchi, Bernard eBloem, John Noel M. Viaña, Huibert D. Mansvelder, Lorna W. Role
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
Subjects:
Acetylcholine
nicotinic receptors
optogenetics
attention.
limbic circuitries
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsyn.2014.00024/full

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