Anterior but not intralaminar thalamic nuclei support allocentric spatial memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Wolff, Mathieu ^a   Gibb, Sheree J ^a   Cassel, Jean Christophe ^b   Dalrymple Alford, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

Allocentric spatial memory; Anterior thalamic nuclei; Egocentric spatial memory; Intralaminar thalamic nuclei; Rat; Water maze

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ALLOCENTRIC SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 44649140482     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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