Long-lasting working memories of obstacles established by foreleg stepping in walking cats require area 5 of the posterior parietal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 9396-9404

  McVea, David A ^a,c   Taylor, Andrew J ^b   Pearson, Keir G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PARIETAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 67651151204     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0746-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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