Impaired performance in a conditioned reaction time task after thermocoagulatory lesions of the fronto-parietal cortex in rats

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 301-309

  Baunez, Christelle ^a   Salin, Pascal ^a   Nieoullon, André ^a   Amalric, Marianne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; LEARNING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROCOAGULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031842801     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.4.301     Document Type: Article

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