Importance of preoperative training and maze difficulty in task performance following hippocampal damage in the gerbil

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 415-419

  Babcock, Alex M ^a   Graham Goodwin, Heidi ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; T maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERBIL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; GERBILLINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030950871     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00330-9     Document Type: Article

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