Assessing the magnitude of the allocentric spatial deficit associated with complete loss of the anterior thalamic nuclei in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 223-232

  Warburton, E C ^a   Baird, A L ^a   Aggleton, J P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lesion; Rat; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030881438     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)02285-7     Document Type: Article

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