Dissociable effects of lesions to the perirhinal cortex and the postrhinal cortex on memory for context and objects in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 557-566

  Norman, G ^a,b   Eacott, M J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Memory; Object; Perirhinal; Postrhinal; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MEMORY; RATS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17444412637     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.2.557     Document Type: Article

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