Assessment of Neurological Effects of Drugs on Oculomotor and Visual Function in the Primate.

Abstract

The primary purpose of the project reported here was to develop a test for monkeys that captured the visual, oculomotor, and cognitive capabilities analogous to those required of field personnel engaged in searching for hidden targets. The result was the Visual Search test described below. This report details the experiments which measured the effects of several cholino-specific agents (atropine, benactyzine, TMB4, physostigmine and TAB) on the visual and oculomotor competence of rhesus monkeys engaged in visual search.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117391

Entities

People

  • E. Gregory Keating

Organizations

  • State University of New York at Albany

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Animals
  • Atropine
  • Central Nervous System
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Eye Movements
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Nervous System
  • Phase Detectors
  • Poisoning
  • Reaction Time
  • Rhesus Monkeys

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Neurotoxicology
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.