The effects of cytotoxic perirhinal cortex lesions on spatial learning by rats: A comparison of the Dark Agouti and Sprague-Dawley strains

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-161

  Futter, James E ^a,c   Davies, Moira ^a,c   Bilkey, David K ^b   Aggleton, John P ^a,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark Agouti; Perirhinal cortex; Spatial memory; Sprague Dawley; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644749527     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.1.150     Document Type: Article

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