Rhinal cortex removal produces amnesia for preoperatively learned discrimination problems but fails to disrupt postoperative acquisition and retention in rhesus monkeys

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8536-8549

  Thornton, Jennifer A ^a,b   Rothblat, Lawrence A ^b   Murray, Elisabeth A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Perirhinal cortex; Retrograde amnesia; Rhesus monkey; Stimulus memory; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; RHESUS MONKEY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0030862378     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08536.1997     Document Type: Article

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