Lesion of the ventral and intermediate hippocampus abolishes anticipatory activity in the medial prefrontal cortex of the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-234

  Burton, Brian G ^a   Hok, Vincent ^a   Save, Etienne ^a   Poucet, Bruno ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Hippocampus; Lesion; Mapping; Place field; Prefrontal cortex; Reward

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD; FORAGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REWARD; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61349149291     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.045     Document Type: Article

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