Selective impairment of fornix-transected rats on a new nonspatial, odor-guided task

Hippocampus

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-52

  Hudon, C ^a   Dore F Y ^a   Goulet, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fornix; Hippocampus; Nonspatial memory; Rats; Relational memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CUES; FORNIX (BRAIN); HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMELL;

EID: 0037221211     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.10061     Document Type: Review

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