Memory impairment induced by an interfering task is reverted by pre-frontal cortex lesions: A possible role for an inhibitory process in memory suppression in mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Costanzi, M ^a,c   Saraulli, D ^a,c   Rossi Arnaud, C ^b   Aceti, M ^a,b   Cestari, V ^a,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD1 mice; hippocampus; open field; place object recognition task; step through inhibitory avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRESSION;

EID: 58149466205     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.08.026     Document Type: Article

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