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ReviewInternational review of neurobiology2021

Medial prefrontal cortex and the temporal control of action.

Qiang Zhang, Matthew A Weber, Nandakumar S Narayanan

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Review in International review of neurobiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qiang ZhangDepartment of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Matthew A WeberDepartment of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States.
Nandakumar S NarayananDepartment of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States. Electronic address: nandakumar-narayanan@uiowa.edu.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Timing and dopamine in frontostriatal circuitsR01MH116043 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI NARAYANAN, NANDAKUMAR · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Across species, the medial prefrontal cortex guides actions in time. This process can be studied using behavioral paradigms such as simple reaction-time and interval-timing tasks. Temporal control of action can be influenced by prefrontal neurotransmitters such as dopamine and acetylcholine and is highly relevant to human diseases such as Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We review evidence that across species, medial prefrontal lesions impair the temporal control of action. We then consider neurophysiological correlates in humans, primates, and rodents that might encode temporal processing and relate to cognitive-control mechanisms. These data have informed brain-stimulation studies in rodents and humans that can compensate for timing deficits. This line of work illuminates basic mechanisms of temporal control of action in the medial prefrontal cortex, which underlies a range of high-level cognitive processing and could contribute to new biomarkers and therapies for human brain diseases.

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Electronic Data ProcessingPrefrontal CortexAnimalsHumansPrimatesRodentiaTime FactorsDopamineExecutive functionInterval timingPrefrontal cortexReaction time

Identifiers

PMID33785154
PMCPMC8875599
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