Human topological task adapted for rats: Spatial information processes of the parietal cortex

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Goodrich Hunsaker, Naomi J ^a   Howard, Brian P ^b   Hunsaker, Michael R ^b,c   Kesner, Raymond P ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Parietal cortex; Topological

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48749123398     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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