A novel extended sequence learning task (ESLeT) for rodents: Validation and the effects of amphetamine, scopolamine and striatal lesions

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 237-250

  Dunnett, Stephen B ^a   Fuller, Anna ^a   Rosser, Anne E ^a   Brooks, Simon P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Habit learning; Huntington's disease; Motor performance; Sequence learning; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXTENDED SEQUENCE LEARNING TASK; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LEARNING; LEARNING ALGORITHM; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIATAL LEASION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE AGENTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; REACTION TIME; REWARD; SCOPOLAMINE HYDROBROMIDE; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84860839481     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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