Temporary inactivation of the dorsal entorhinal cortex impairs acquisition and retrieval of spatial information

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-207

  Gaskin, Stephane ^a   White, Norman M ^b  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Cue preference; Hippocampus; Place preference; Spatiallearning

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; RAT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MUSCIMOL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76949084130     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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