Improvement of shuttle-box performance by anterodorsal medial septal lesions in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-158

  Torras Garcia, Meritxell ^a   Costa Miserachs, David ^a   Morgado Bernal, Ignacio ^a   Portell Cortés, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elevated plus maze; Emotions; Learning; Medial septal area; Memory; Open field; Two way active avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REDUCTION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0038756101     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00346-7     Document Type: Article

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