Excitotoxic lesions of the parafascicular nucleus produce deficits in a socially transmitted food preference

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-263

  Quiroz Padilla, Maria Fernanda ^a   Guillazo Blanch, Gemma ^a   Vale Martínez, Anna ^a   Martí Nicolovius, Margarita ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intralaminar thalamic nuclei; NMDA lesions; Olfactory task; Relational explicit memory; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; RAT; SOCIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 33748947504     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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