Lesions of specific and nonspecific thalamic nuclei affect prefrontal cortex-dependent aspects of spatial working memory

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 410-419

  Bailey, Kathleen R ^a   Mair, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 17444364438     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.2.410     Document Type: Article

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