Out of context: NMDA receptor antagonism in the avian "prefrontal cortex" impairs context processing in a conditional discrimination task

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 797-805

  Lissek, Silke ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian; Context processing; DL AP5; NMDA receptor; Prefrontal

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HISTOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 21644459892     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.3.797     Document Type: Article

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