Functional dissociation of the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus in timing behavior

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1043-1047

  Dietrich, Arne ^a   Allen, Joseph D ^b  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; TIME;

EID: 0031742334     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.5.1043     Document Type: Article

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