Both dorsal and ventral hippocampus contribute to spatial learning in Long-Evans rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-135

  Ferbinteanu, Janina ^a   Ray, Colleen ^b   McDonald, Robert J ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Lesions; Spatial learning; Water maze

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION; LEARNING; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0038380374     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00473-7     Document Type: Article

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