Entorhinal cortex lesions impair the use of distal but not proximal landmarks during place navigation in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 345-352

  Parron, Carole ^a   Poucet, Bruno ^a   Save, Etienne ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Place navigation; Rats; Water maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4143149483     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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