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ReviewAnnual review of neuroscience2009

The neuropsychopharmacology of fronto-executive function: monoaminergic modulation.

T W Robbins, A F T Arnsten

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In one paragraph

Review in Annual review of neuroscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01304355 (Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites as Novel Translational Biological Markers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 472 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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472citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
27.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01304355 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2011, after this paper: background citation

Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites as Novel Translational Biological Markers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Relationship to Gastrointestinal Function, Cognition and Co-morbid Depression

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity College CorkRan2011 to 2012Enrolled85ConditionsIrritable Bowel Syndrome
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

472 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 962 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Neurobiological influences on event perception: the role of catecholamines.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  17. Learning Experience Reverses Catecholaminergic Effects on Adaptive Behavior.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2020
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  20. How do stimulant treatments for ADHD work? Evidence for mediation by improved cognition.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2018
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412 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

T W RobbinsDepartment of Experimental Psychology, and Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB23EB, UK. twr2@cam.ac.uk
A F T Arnsten
University of Cambridge · GBYale University · US

Funding

Presynaptic Mechanisms of D1 Receptor Effects on Cortical FunctionP50MH068789 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MCCORMICK, DAVID · 2004 to 2008
$10.3M
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROTECTION OF AGING PREFRONTAL CORTICAL NETWORKSP01AG030004 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ARNSTEN, AMY F.T. · 2008 to 2012
$9.0M
COGNITIVE LOSS WITH AGE--ROLE OF CORTICAL CATECHOLAMINESR37AG006036 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ARNSTEN, AMY F.T. · 1998 to 2007
$3.0M
Ionic and Second Messanger Basis of Stress-Induced Prefrontal Dysfunction (#2 ofRL1AA017536 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ARNSTEN, AMY F.T. · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
COGNITIVE LOSS WITH AGE: ROLE OF CORTICAL CATECHOLAMINESR01AG006036 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ARNSTEN, AMY F.T. · 1986 to 1997
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Medical Research Council G0001354NCRR NIH HHS U54RR024350NIAAA NIH HHS RL1 AA017536NIAAA NIH HHS RL1AA017536NIA NIH HHS AG06036NIA NIH HHS P01 AG030004NIA NIH HHS P01AG030004NIA NIH HHS R01 AG006036NIA NIH HHS R37 AG006036NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH068789NIMH NIH HHS P50MH068789Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We review the modulatory effects of the catecholamine neurotransmitters noradrenaline and dopamine on prefrontal cortical function. The effects of pharmacologic manipulations of these systems, sometimes in comparison with the indoleamine serotonin (5-HT), on performance on a variety of tasks that tap working memory, attentional-set formation and shifting, reversal learning, and response inhibition are compared in rodents, nonhuman primates, and humans using, in a behavioral context, several techniques ranging from microiontophoresis and single-cell electrophysiological recording to pharmacologic functional magnetic resonance imaging. Dissociable effects of drugs and neurotoxins affecting these monoamine systems suggest new ways of conceptualizing state-dependent fronto-executive functions, with implications for understanding the molecular genetic basis of mental illness and its treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsCatecholaminesCognitionHumansMental ProcessesNeurocognitive DisordersNeuropharmacologyPrefrontal CortexPsychomotor PerformanceSerotoninSynaptic TransmissionCatecholaminesSerotonin

Identifiers

PMID19555290
PMCPMC2863127
OpenAlexW2160985876

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