Involvement of the rat prefrontal cortex in cognitive functions: A central role for the prelimbic area

Psychobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-237

  Granon, Sylvie ^a   Poucet, Bruno ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033912399     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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