Differential deficits in the Morris water maze following cytotoxic lesions of the anterior thalamus and fornix transection

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-38

  Warburton, E Clea ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamus; Fornix; Hippocampus; Nucleus medialis dorsalis; Rat; Recognition; Spatial memory; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0344906081     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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