The neuropsychology of spatial cognition in the rat

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 101-120

  Poucet, Bruno ^a   Benhamou, Simon ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hippocampal formation; Neural mechanisms; Parietal cortex; Place and head direction cells; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAZE TEST; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFORMANCE; RAT; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030656257     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v11.i2-3.10     Document Type: Review

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