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Cholinergic modulation of auditory P3 event-related potentials as indexed by CHRNA4 and CHRNA7 genotype variation in healthy volunteers.
Neuroscience letters - 3 Jun 2016
Hyde Molly, Choueiry Joëlle, Smith Dylan, de la Salle Sara, Nelson Renee, Impey Danielle, Baddeley Ashley, Aidelbaum Robert, Millar Anne, Knott Verner
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia (SZ) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by cognitive dysfunction within the realm of attentional processing. Reduced P3a and P3b event-related potentials (ERPs), indexing involuntary and voluntary attentional processing respectively, have been consistently observed in SZ patients who also express prominent cholinergic deficiencies. The involvement of the brain's cholinergic system in attention...
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