The olfactory thalamocortical system and odor reversal learning examined using an asymmetrical lesion paradigm in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1273-1284

  McBride, Sharon A ^a   Slotnick, Burton ^b  

^a U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL DECORTICATION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REVERSAL LEARNING; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0031437350     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.6.1273     Document Type: Article

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