A comparison of the effects of bilateral and unilateral infusions of muscimol into the basal forebrain on cued detection of visual targets in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-149

  Oshiro, W M ^e   Bushnell, P J ^d   Chiba, A A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FOREBRAIN; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034013105     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.114.1.137     Document Type: Article

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