How is dopamine involved in working memory?

In one experiment, Roffman and colleagues scanned the brains of 100 healthy volunteers using fMRI while the volunteers were resting as well as while they were completing a working memory task. read more

Dopamine in the prefrontal cortex is known to play an important role in working memory by increasing the activity of brain circuits relevant to a task and suppressing circuits that distract from that task. read more

Keywords: dopamine, D5 dopamine receptor, working memory, prefrontal cortex, Akt, cognition, recency memory, mice Citation: Carr GV, Maltese F, Sibley DR, Weinberger DR and Papaleo F (2017) The Dopamine D5 Receptor Is Involved in Working Memory. read more