Response learning of rats in a Morris water maze: Involvement of the medial prefrontal cortex

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-55

  De Bruin, J P C ^a   Swinkels, W A M ^a   De Brabander, J M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

medial prefrontal cortex; Morris water maze; place learning; rat; response learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031049423     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(96)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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