Effects of selective perirhinal and postrhinal lesions on acquisition and retention of a visual discrimination task in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-78

  Myhrer, Trond ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Learning and memory; Perirhinal cortex; Postrhinal cortex; Rat; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0034099484     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3918     Document Type: Article

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