Effects of excitotoxic thalamic intralaminar nuclei lesions on attention and working memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-271

  Newman, Lori A ^a   Burk, Joshua A ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Korsakoff; Mnemonic; NMDA; Rat; Thalamus; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; EXCITOTOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 20444495569     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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