Hippocampus lesions induced deficits in social and spatial recognition in Octodon degus

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-309

  Uekita, Tomoko ^a,b   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocampal function; Octodon degus; Social behavior; Spatial recognition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTIONALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; OCTODON; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952701175     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.01.042     Document Type: Article

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