Crossed unilateral lesions of temporal lobe structures and cholinergic cell bodies impair visual conditional and object discrimination learning in monkeys

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 507-516

  Barefoot, H C ^a   Baker, H F ^a,b   Ridley, R M ^a  

^a Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Inferotemporal cortex, marmoset; Saporin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LEARNING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEMORY; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MONKEY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; CALLITHRIX; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOTOXINS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROTOXINS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036458287     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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