Septal area lesions impair spatial working memory in homing pigeons (Columba livia)

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-360

  Peterson, Ryan M ^a   Bingman, Verner P ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Septum; Spatial cognition; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960848130     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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