Hippocampal lesions impair memory for location but not color in passerine birds

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 831-835

  Hampton, Robert R ^a,b   Shettleworth, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN INJURY; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029786867     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.110.4.831     Document Type: Article

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