Beyond spatial memory: The anterior thalamus and memory for the temporal order of a sequence of odor cues

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2907-2913

  Wolff, Mathieu ^a   Gibb, Sheree J ^a   Dalrymple Alford, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamic nuclei; Hippocampus; Memory for temporal order; Nonspatial memory; Odor; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CUES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MICROINJECTIONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; ODORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; REVERSAL LEARNING; REWARD; SMELL; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644996296     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5481-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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