The differences shown by C57BL/6 and DBA/2 inbred mice in detecting spatial novelty are subserved by a different hippocampal and parietal cortex interplay

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Thinus Blanc, Catherine ^a   Save, Etienne ^a   Rossi Arnaud, Clelia ^b   Tozzi, Alessandro ^c   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

hippocampus; inbred mice; lesions; posterior parietal cortex; spatial and object novelty

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0030271662     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(96)00016-2     Document Type: Article

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