Odour-place paired-associate learning and limbic thalamus: Comparison of anterior, lateral and medial thalamic lesions

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-168

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Anterior thalamus; Intralaminar nuclei; Mediodorsal nuclei; Paired associate learning; Rat; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; LATENT PERIOD; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; SMELL; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 33745856272     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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