NMDA lesions of Ammon's horn and the dentate gyrus disrupt the direct and temporally paced homing displayed by rats exploring a novel environment: Evidence for a role of the hippocampus in dead reckoning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-523

  Wallace, Douglas G ^a,b   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead reckoning; Exploratory behaviour; Hippocampal lesions; NMDA lesions; Path integration; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DENTATE GYRUS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINEMATICS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN DISEASES; DENTATE GYRUS; ENVIRONMENT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SMELL; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 0042381236     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02772.x     Document Type: Article

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