The parietal association cortex of the rat

Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-377

  Torrealba, Fernando ^a   Valdés, José Luis ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Association cortex; Spatial navigation; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MEMORY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; MEMORY; PARIETAL LOBE; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349757826     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602008000400002     Document Type: Article

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