The dorsal hippocampus is selectively involved in the processing of spatial information even in mice with a genetic hippocampal dysfunction

Psychobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-125

  Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a,b   Passino, Enrica ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Ist Psicobiologia Psicofarmacologia   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONDITIONING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031010041     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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