Disconnection of medial agranular and posterior parietal cortex produces multimodal neglect in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Burcham, Karen J ^a   Corwin, James V ^a   Stoll, Maggie L ^b   Reep, Roger L ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cortex; Disconnection; Neglect; Parietal; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030896351     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)02241-3     Document Type: Article

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