Effects of parietal cortex lesions on spatial problem solving in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 115-121

  Thinus Blanc, C ^a   Save, E ^a   Poucet, B ^a   Foreman, N ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

parietal cortex; rat; spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030296995     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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