Place learning and object recognition by rats subjected to transection of the fimbria-fornix and/or ablation of the prefrontal cortex

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-236

  Mogensen, Jesper ^a   Lauritsen, Klara Tølbøll ^a   Elvertorp, Soheyla ^a   Hasman, Andreas ^a   Moustgaard, Anette ^a   Wörtwein, Gitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fimbria fornix; Functional recovery; Hippocampus; Object recognition; Place learning; Prefrontal cortex; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN INJURY; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPAL FIMBRIA; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; DENERVATION; FORNIX (BRAIN); MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 2442551965     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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