Hippocampal formation lesions impair performance in an odor-odor association task independently of spatial context

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 470-476

  Alvarez, Pablo ^a   Wendelken, Lauren ^a   Eichenbaum, Howard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Hippocampus; Olfactory learning; Relational memory; Social transmission of food preference; Spatial memory; Subiculum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; RAT; RODENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0036434606     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.2002.4068     Document Type: Article

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