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The authors lesioned discrete parts of the prefrontal cortex in different monkeys and showed convincingly that these lesions had differential effects on the animals' ability to reverse rewarding associations in an object reversal task.
The accumulated data provide particular support for DISC1 , DTNBP1 , NRG1 , and RGS4 . Each of these genes has received support from multiple lines of evidence with imperfect consistency: 1) The case for each of these as a candidate gene for schizophrenia is supported by linkage studies; 2) The preponderance of association study findings provides further support; 3) mRNA from each gene is expressed in the prefrontal cortex as well as in other areas of the brain; and 4) Additional neurobiological data link the functions of these genes to biological processes thought to be related to schizophrenia.
When the inferior prefrontal convexity and parts of the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (which is the ventral part of the prefrontal cortex over the orbits) (see Figure 1) were lesioned, the monkeys became significantly impaired with respect to object reversal learning.
Studies of alert monkeys suggest that the effectiveness of alerting produced by a warning signal can be eliminated by drugs that block noradrenaline [ 7 ] . Lesions of the cholinergic system [ 8 ] and of drugs blocking ACh transmission have effects on orienting of visual attention in monkeys [ 9 ] . The executive network involves dopamine rich areas of the prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate.
Studies showing the expression of dopamine receptors in the anterior cingulate cortex [ 26 ] and that activation of mesocortical dopaminergic neurons via apomorphine enhances activity in the prefrontal cortex [ 27 28 ] suggest that dopaminergic modulation influences the efficiency of the executive attention network.
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