Synaptic Effects of Dopamine Breakdown and Their Relation to Schizophrenia-Linked Working Memory Deficits

Working memory is the ability to hold information "online" over a time delay in order to perform a task. This kind of memory is encoded in the brain by persistent neural activity that outlasts the presentation of a stimulus. Patients with schizophrenia perform poorly in working memory task...

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Main Authors: Bolton, Andrew D., Constantine-Paton, Martha
Other Authors: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126438