Bilateral striatal lesions impair retention of an operant test of short- term memory

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Döbrössy, Màtè D ^a   Svendsen, Clive N ^b   Dunnett, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

delayed matching to position; ibotenic acid; neostriatum; retention; short term memory; striatal lesions

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029790869     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00160-8     Document Type: Article

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