The role of the prefrontal cortex in object-place learning: A test of the attribute specificity model

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Kesner, Raymond P ^a   Ragozzino, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Precentral; Prelimbic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0345256648     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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