Evidence for a virtual human analog of a rodent relational memory task: A study of aging and fMRI in young adults

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 869-880

  Etchamendy, Nicole ^a,b   Konishi, Kyoko ^a   Pike, G Bruce ^c   Marighetto, Aline ^b   Bohbot, Véronique D ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Hippocampus; Mnemonic flexibility; Relational representation; Virtual radial maze

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIONAL MEMORY; REWARD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANIMAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858754221     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20948     Document Type: Article

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