The effects of ibotenic acid lesions of the medial and lateral prefrontal cortex on latent inhibition, prepulse inhibition and amphetamine-induced hyperlocomotion

Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 459-468

  Lacroix, L ^a   Spinelli, S ^a   White, W ^a   Feldon, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Latent inhibition; Lateral prefrontal cortex; Lesion; Medial prefrontal cortex; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LATENT INHIBITION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; HYPERKINESIS; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS;

EID: 0034076232     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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