Mamillary body lesions in monkeys impair object-in-place memory: Functional unity of the fornix-mamillary system

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 512-521

  Parker, Amanda ^a   Gaffan, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MEMORY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030739778     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1997.9.4.512     Document Type: Article

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