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Corbetta M, Shulman GL. Control of goal-directed and stimulus-driven attention in the brain. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2002;3:201–15. In addition to ACh, two other neurotransmitters, noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine (DA), have been associated with attention networks that interact with attention orienting. Petersen and Posner [ 1] have developed a model of three functionally and anatomically independent but interacting attention networks—alerting, attention orienting and executive attention. Alerting refers to the maintenance of readiness to respond to stimuli, and executive attention refers to the cognitive control of attention. Genetic and pharmacological studies in humans and animals have suggested that the alerting system modulates attention orienting via brain areas innervated by NAergic connections projecting from the midbrain [ 21, 22], whereas the executive attention system influences attention orienting via DAergic actions likely in the prefrontal cortex [ 23, 24]. NA- and DA-modulating medications, however, have shown inconsistent effects on attention orienting between humans and non-human primates [ 22, 25]. In contrast to cholinergic involvement, the effect of NA and DA on attention orienting is not well understood.Behaviour: House mice, as the name implies, tend to live in close proximity to humans. So, if you see a mouse, there is a high chance it is a house mouse. Like the field mouse, house mice do not hibernate.

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Burks SM, Rosas-Hernandez H, Alejandro Ramirez-Lee M, Cuevas E, Talpos JC. Can SARS-CoV-2 infect the central nervous system via the olfactory bulb or the blood-brain barrier? Brain Behav Immun. 2021;95:7–14. Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys leucogaster): The largest breed, concentrated in Arizona, California, and Texas, but may be found throughout North America