Do rats with retrosplenial cortex lesions lack direction?

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2486-2498

  Pothuizen, Helen H J ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a   Vann, Seralynne D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocentric; Cingulate; Egocentric; Spatial memory; T maze

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIONAL VISION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; ORIENTATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57449094202     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06550.x     Document Type: Article

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