The effects of cytotoxic entorhinal lesions and electrolytic medial septal lesions on the acquisition and retention of a spatial working memory task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-528

  Marighetto, A ^a,b   Yee, B K ^a,c   Rawlins, J N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Delayed matching to position; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Medial septal nucleus; Rat; T maze; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0031898237     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050368     Document Type: Article

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