Comparing the effects of selective cingulate cortex lesions and cingulum bundle lesions on water maze performance by rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 622-634

  Warburton, E C ^a   Aggleton, J P ^a   Muir, J L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Cingulum bundle; Fornix; Rat; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031866383     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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