Medial frontal cortex mediates perceptual attentional set shifting in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 4320-4324

  Birrell, Jennifer M ^a   Brown, Verity J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cg3; Prefrontal cortex; Prelimbic cortex; Rat; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FRONTAL CORTEX; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034212645     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-04320.2000     Document Type: Article

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