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| Title |
Cholinergic modulation of the medial prefrontal cortex: the role of nicotinic receptors in attention and regulation of neuronal activity
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fncir.2014.00017 |
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| Authors |
Bernard Bloem, Rogier B. Poorthuis, Huibert D. Mansvelder |
| Abstract |
Acetylcholine (ACh) release in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is crucial for normal cognitive performance. Despite the fact that many have studied how ACh affects neuronal processing in the mPFC and thereby influences attention behavior, there is still a lot unknown about how this occurs. Here we will review the evidence that cholinergic modulation of the mPFC plays a role in attention and we will summarize the current knowledge about the role between ACh receptors (AChRs) and behavior and how ACh receptor activation changes processing in the cortical microcircuitry. Recent evidence implicates fast phasic release of ACh in cue detection and attention. This review will focus mainly on the fast ionotropic nicotinic receptors and less on the metabotropic muscarinic receptors. Finally, we will review limitations of the existing studies and address how innovative technologies might push the field forward in order to gain understanding into the relation between ACh, neuronal activity and behavior. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 283 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 275 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 80 | 28% |
| Researcher | 40 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 35 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 26 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 45 | 16% |
| Unknown | 41 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 84 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 67 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 7% |
| Psychology | 19 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 2% |
| Other | 31 | 11% |
| Unknown | 55 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 May 2015.
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So far Altmetric has tracked 1,213 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.8. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its peers.
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