Role of the prefrontal cortex of the rat in learning and decision making: Effects of transient inactivation

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2000, Pages 103-113

  De Bruin, Jan P C ^a   Feenstra, Matthijs G P ^a   Broersen, Laus M ^a   Van Leeuwen, Marieke ^a   Arens, Claire ^a   De Vries, Sanne ^a   Joosten, Ruud N J M A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034589053     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(00)26010-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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