Acquisition of a non-matching to place task by rats with neonatal hippocampal lesion induced by ionizing radiation;Aquisição de uma tarefa espacial por ratos submetidos a lesão hipocampal neonatal induzida por radiação ionizante

Psicologia: Reflexao e Critica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-103

  Costa, Valéria Catelli Infantozzi ^a   Moreira, Rita de Cássia Margarido ^a   Bueno, José Lino Oliveira ^a   Xavier, Gilberto Fernando ^a   Ramos, Bárbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Ionizing radiation; NMTP task acquisition; Spatial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848862100     PISSN: 01027972     EISSN: 16787153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-79722007000100013     Document Type: Article

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