Neonatal ventral hippocampal lesions disrupt set-shifting ability in adult rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 294-298

  Brady, Anne Marie ^a  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Hippocampus; Neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion model; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Set shifting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349299807     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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