期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 25, 期 17, 页码 4370-4374出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4437-04.2005
关键词
action monitoring; prefrontal cortex; ERN; yohimbine; noradrenaline; human
资金
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
Noradrenergic neurotransmission has been associated with the modulation of higher cognitive functions mediated by the prefrontal cortex. In the present study, the impact of noradrenergic stimulation on the human action-monitoring system, as indexed by event-related brain potentials, was examined. After the administration of a placebo or the selective alpha(2)-adrenoceptor antagonist yohimbine, which stimulates firing in the locus ceruleus and noradrenaline release, electroencephalograpic recordings were obtained from healthy volunteers performing a letter flanker task. Yohimbine led to an increase in the amplitude of the error-related negativity in conjunction with a significant reduction of action errors. Reaction times were unchanged, and the drug did not modify the N2 in congruent versus incongruent trials, a measure of preresponse conflict, or posterror adjustments as measured by posterror slowing of reaction time. The present findings suggest that the locus ceruleus - noradrenaline system exerts a rather specific effect on human action monitoring.
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