Effects of parafascicular excitotoxic lesions on two-way active avoidance and odor-discrimination

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-207

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

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avoidance conditioning; Basal ganglia; Behavioral flexibility; Intralaminar thalamic nuclei; NMDA lesions; Olfactory task; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITOTOXICITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS PARAFASCICULAR NUCLEUS; TRAINING;

EID: 34547689008     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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