Piloting and dead reckoning dissociated by fimbria-fornix lesions in a rat food carrying task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 87-97

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Tomie, Jo Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fimbria fornix; Lesions; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031422507     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00068-5     Document Type: Article

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