An examination of the spatial working memory deficit following neurotoxic medial dorsal thalamic lesions in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 129-141

  Hunt, Peter R ^a   Aggleton, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Anterior thalamic nucleus; Medial dorsal thalamus; Recognition; Reference memory; Spatial memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; MAZE TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROTOXINS; ODORS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032404066     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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