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SUBMITTER: Wu D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5322335 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Dingcheng D Deng Hanfei H Xiao Xiong X Zuo Yanfang Y Sun Jingjing J Wang Zuoren Z
Scientific reports 20170223
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has long been thought to regulate conflict between an object of attention and distractors during goal-directed sustained attention. However, it is unclear whether ACC serves to sustained attention itself. Here, we developed a task in which the time course of sustained attention could be controlled in rats. Then, using pharmacological lesion experiments, we employed it to assess function of ACC in sustained attention. We then recorded neuronal activity in ACC u ...[more]