The conjoint importance of the hippocampus and anterior thalamic nuclei for allocentric spatial learning: Evidence from a disconnection study in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 7323-7330

  Warburton, E Clea ^a,b   Baird, Alison ^a   Morgan, Angela ^a   Muir, Janice L ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Anterior thalamus; Hippocampus; Neural networks; Rat; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035884809     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-18-07323.2001     Document Type: Article

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