The medial frontal cortex and temporal memory: Tests using spontaneous exploratory behaviour in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 107-113

  Mitchell, John B ^a,b   Laiacona, Jennifer ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exploration; Memory; Object recognition; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; FRONTAL CORTEX; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032401840     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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