Behavioral and cognitive effects produced by electrical stimulation in the medial prefrontal cortex: An experimental model for high cortical activation

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-250

  Penna, Assunta Maria ^a   Lee, Soo Yang ^a   Da Silva, Larissa Scheidegger ^a   Oliveira, Roney Welinton ^a   De Freitas Gomes, Cristiano ^a   Nakamura Palacios, Ester Miyuki ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Electrical stimulation; Experimental method; Learning and memory; Medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRETCHING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031768775     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026548     Document Type: Article

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