The role of rat dorsomedial prefrontal cortex in spatial working memory

Neuroscience

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 444-456

  Horst, N K ^a,b   Laubach, M ^a,b  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cingulate; muscimol; operant; prefrontal; rat; working memory

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INSULA; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA AGONISTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MUSCIMOL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349750514     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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