Cell class-specific modulation of attentional signals by acetylcholine in macaque frontal eye field [Neuroscience]

Attention is critical to high-level cognition, and attentional deficits are a hallmark of cognitive dysfunction. A key transmitter for attentional control is acetylcholine, but its cellular actions in attention-controlling areas remain poorly understood. Here we delineate how muscarinic and nicotinic receptors affect basic neuronal excitability and attentional control signals in...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 30, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Miguel Dasilva, Christian Brandt, Sascha Gotthardt, Marc Alwin Gieselmann, Claudia Distler, Alexander Thiele Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research