Prelimbic/infralimbic inactivation impairs memory for multiple task switches, but not flexible selection of familiar tasks

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 4747-4755

  Rich, Erin L ^a   Shapiro, Matthew L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infralimbic; Muscimol; Prefrontal cortex; Prelimbic; Strategy; Task switch

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; GABA AGONISTS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MUSCIMOL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REVERSAL LEARNING;

EID: 34247476880     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0369-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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