Evidence of a spatial encoding deficit in rats with lesions of the mammillary bodies or mammillothalamic tract

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3506-3514

  Vann, Seralynne D ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Anterior thalamic nuclei; Delay and Brion circuit; Mammillary bodies; Mammillothalamic tract; Rat; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAMILLOTHALAMIC TRACT; MAMMILLARY BODY; MAZE TEST; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0038333641     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-08-03506.2003     Document Type: Article

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