Drugs as research tools in psychology: cholinergic drugs and information processing.
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.
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
D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010277:Parasympathomimetics; D009538:Nicotine; D010830:Physostigmine; D000109:Acetylcholine