A comparison of the effects of frontal cortical and thalamic lesions on measures of spatial learning and memory in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 195-206

  Harrison, Loredana M ^a   Mair, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal cortical lesion; Learning and memory; Medial wall; Radial arm maze; Thalamic lesion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029871682     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00173-8     Document Type: Article

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