Effects of hippocampal lesions on acquisition and retention of spatial learning in zebra finches

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 147-152

  Watanabe, Shigeru ^a   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hippocampal lesions; Memory based strategy; Zebra finches

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURIES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; SONGBIRDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4344668086     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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