Reversible disconnection of the hippocampal-prelimbic cortical circuit impairs spatial learning but not passive avoidance learning in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-373

  Wang, Gong Wu ^a,b,c,d   Cai, Jing Xia ^a,d  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampal prefrontal cortical circuit; Hippocampal prelimbic cortical circuit; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Passive avoidance; Prefrontal cortex; Prelimbic cortex; Spatial learning; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; MUSCIMOL; NERVE NET; ORIENTATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 48549086798     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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