Opposite effects depending on learning and memory demands in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex lesioned rats performing an olfactory task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-212

  Chaillan, F A ^a   Marchetti, E ^a   Delfosse, F ^a   Roman, F S ^a   Soumireu Mourat, B ^a  

^a Traverse Charles Susini   (France)

Author keywords

declarative and non declarative memory; olfactory association task; prefrontal cortex; rats; timing ability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING;

EID: 0031022465     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)80990-4     Document Type: Article

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