Simple and choice reaction-time performance following occlusion of the anterior cerebral arteries in the rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-281

  Ward, Nick M ^a   Sharkey, John ^b   Marston, Hugh M ^b   Brown, Verity J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Covert orienting; Focal cerebral ischemia; Reward

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPONSE TIME;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CUES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REWARD;

EID: 0031730684     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050569     Document Type: Article

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