Learning impairments in monkeys with combined but not separate excitotoxic lesions of the anterior and mediodorsal thalamic nuclei

Brain Research

Volumn 950, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 39-51

  Ridley, Rosalind M ^a,b   Maclean, Catherine J ^a   Young, Fiona M ^a   Baker, Harry F ^a  

^a Department Experimental Psychology   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Memory; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MARMOSET; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CALLITHRIX; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MEMORY DISORDERS;

EID: 0037144136     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02984-0     Document Type: Article

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