title: Drugs as research tools in psychology: cholinergic drugs and information processing.
abstract: It is argued that cholinergic drugs have an effect on both attentional and memory aspects of information processing. This thesis is supported by studies with anticholinesterases, cholinolytics, and nicotine.
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000187:drug effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects*; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008568:Memory / Q000187:drug effects*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000187:drug effects*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000187:drug effects; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology; D010277:Parasympathomimetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012106:Research; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D009538:Nicotine; D010830:Physostigmine; D000109:Acetylcholine