Rhinal cortex lesions impair simultaneous olfactory discrimination learning in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1146-1150

  Otto, Tim ^a   Garruto, David ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SMELL;

EID: 0030775152     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.5.1146     Document Type: Article

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