Basal forebrain motivational salience signal enhances cortical processing and decision speed

The basal forebrain (BF) contains major projections to the cerebral cortex, and plays a well-documented role in arousal, attention, decision-making, and in modulating cortical activity. BF neuronal degeneration is an early event in Alzheimer’s disease and dementias, and occurs in normal cognitive ag...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Main Authors:	Sylvina M Raver, Shih-Chieh eLin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Subjects:	Attention Decision Making rat basal forebrain behavioral flexibility gain modulation
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00277/full