Bilateral lesions of the subthalamic nucleus induce multiple deficits in an attentional task in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2086-2099

  Baunez, Christelle ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Basal ganglia; Behaviour; Dopamine; Subthalamic nucleus lesions

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; EXCITOTOXIN; FLUPENTIXOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUPENTHIXOL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030722498     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01376.x     Document Type: Article

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