Rats with fimbria-fornix lesions are impaired in path integration: A role for the hippocampus in 'sense of direction'

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3050-3058

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Maaswinkel, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fimbria fornix; Hippocampal lesions; Hippocampus; Path integration; Spatial learning; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032523031     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-08-03050.1998     Document Type: Article

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