Pilocarpine seizures cause age-dependent impairment in auditory location discrimination

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-370

  Neill, John C ^a,b,c   Liu, Zhao ^a,b,d   Mikati, Mohammad ^a,b,e   Holmes, Gregory L ^a,b,f  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dical School   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Auditory discrimination; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Lever press; Rats; Seizures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644746614     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.84-04     Document Type: Review

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