Prolonged inactivation of the hippocampus reveals temporally graded retrograde amnesia for unreinforced spatial learning in rats

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 288-296

  Gaskin, Stéphane ^a   Tardif, Marilyn ^a   Mumby, Dave G ^a  

^a Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology Groupe de Recherche en Neurobiologie Comportementale   (Canada)

Author keywords

Muscimol; Navigation; Neocortex; Novelty preference; Place learning; Retrieval; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FLOW RATE; GENE INACTIVATION; HABITUATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NEURONAVIGATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SPATIAL MEMORY;

AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960846783     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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