Effects of selective thalamic and prelimbic cortex lesions on two types of visual discrimination and reversal learning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1009-1020

  Chudasama, Yogita ^a   Bussey, Timothy J ^a   Muir, Janice L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rat; Reversals; Stimulus reward learning; Thalamic nuclei; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; LEARNING; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REVERSAL LEARNING; THALAMUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035783460     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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