Cerebellar involvement in cognitive flexibility

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-317

  De Bartolo, P ^a,b   Mandolesi, L ^a,c   Federico, F ^d   Foti, F ^a,b   Cutuli, D ^a,b   Gelfo, F ^a,c   Petrosini, L ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar structures; Cognitive impairment; Cognitive plasticity; Four choice learning task; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PERSEVERATION; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69249230875     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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