Striatal grafts alleviate bilateral striatal lesion deficits in operant delayed alternation in the rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 479-489

  Dunnett, Stephen B ^a   White, Anna ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Corticostriatal systems; Delayed alternation; Frontal deficits; Neural transplantation; Operant tests; Striatal grafts; Striatal lesions

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN GRAFT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEXTRANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE AND CAMP-REGULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN 32; FEMALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745261233     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.01.013     Document Type: Article

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