Baseline-dependent effects of amphetamine on attention are associated with striatal dopamine metabolism

Abstract Psychostimulants, such as amphetamine, are widely used to treat attentional deficits. In humans, response to dopaminergic medications is complex with improvement often dependent on baseline performance. Our goal was to determine if attention in rats could be improved by low dose amphetamine...

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Main Authors: Karly M. Turner, James Peak, Thomas H. J. Burne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00437-9