Medial prefrontal lesions in mice impair sustained attention but spare maintenance of information in working memory

Learning and Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 513-517

  Kahn, Julia B ^a   Ward, Ryan D ^a   Kahn, Lora W ^a,e   Rudy, Nicole M ^c   Kandel, Eric R ^a,c,d   Balsam, Peter D ^a,b   Simpson, Eleanor H ^a,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Tulane University ^*  (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MICE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84869226247     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.026302.112     Document Type: Article

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