Roles of the basolateral amygdala and hippocampus in social recognition in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-63

  Maaswinkel, Hans ^a   Baars, Anne Marie ^a   Gispen, Willem Hendrik ^a   Spruijt, Berry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Hippocampus; Object recognition; Social performance; Social recognition; Stimulus reward association

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RECALL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030185409     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02233-3     Document Type: Article

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