Effects of electrolytic lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex or its subfields on 4-arm baited, 8-arm radial maze, two-way active avoidance and conditioned fear tasks in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 765, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-50

  Joel, Daphna ^a   Tarrasch, Ricardo ^a   Feldon, Joram ^b   Weiner, Ina ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

4 Arm baited, 4 arm unbaited, 8 arm radial maze; Conditioned emotional response; Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex; Emotional processes; Frontal cortex; Learning; Medial prefrontal cortex; Prelimbic cortex; Rat; Reversal; Two way active avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEAR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSAL LEARNING; REWARD;

EID: 0030826080     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00334-X     Document Type: Article

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