Mediodorsal thalamic function in scene memory in rhesus monkeys

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 816-827

  Gaffan, D ^a,b   Parker, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Episodic; Korsakoff; Macaque; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0034070969     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.4.816     Document Type: Article

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