Evidence for the Involvement of the Rat Prefrontal Cortex in Sustained Attention

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-233

  Granon, Sylvie ^a   Hardouin, Jeanine ^b   Courtière, Alain ^b   Poucet, Bruno ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Institut de Medecine Navale du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; LEARNING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032132716     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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