Characterization of perforant path lesions in rodent models of memory and attention

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 823-838

  Kirkby, D L ^b   Higgins, G A ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Delayed match to position task; Entorhinal cortex; Rat; Serial five choice task

Indexed keywords

TACRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERFORANT PATHWAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031878877     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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