Fimbria-fornix lesions disrupt the dead reckoning (homing) component of exploratory behavior in mice

Learning and Memory

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 387-394

  Gorny, Joanna H ^a   Gorny, Bogdan ^a   Wallace, Douglas G ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FIMBRIA; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDER; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORNIX (BRAIN); HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036860863     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.53002     Document Type: Article

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