Deficit in the water-maze after lesions in the anteromedial extrastriate cortex in rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-496

  Espinoza, Sergio ^a   Pinto Hamuy, Teresa ^b,c   Passig, Claudia ^b   Carreño, Fernando ^b   Marchant, Fernando ^b   Urzúa, Christián ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anteromedial extrastriate visual cortex; Ibotenic acid; Rat; Visuospatial memory; Water maze

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032919451     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00315-1     Document Type: Article

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