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Sofiya Hupalo1, Courtney A Bryce2, Debra A Bangasser3

  • 1Integrative Neuroscience Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States.

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
|June 19, 2019
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Keywords:
AcetylcholineBasal forebrainCognitive flexibilityCorticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)Cost/benefit decision-makingDopamine (DA)Dorsal raphe nucleus (DR)Effort-related choiceLocus coeruleus (LC)Medial septum (MS)MotivationNorepinephrine (NE)NucleusObject location memoryPrefrontal cortex (PFC)Serotonin (5-HT)Sex differencesSustained attentionVentral tegmental area (VTA)Working memoryaccumbens (NAc)

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