Unilateral hippocampal blockade reveals that one hippocampus is sufficient for learning a passive avoidance task

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1138-1142

  Cimadevilla, J M ^a   Mendez, M ^b   Mendez Lopez, M ^b   Arias Perez, Jorge Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Memory; Rat

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DENERVATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 34147215340     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21222     Document Type: Article

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