Inactivation of medial prefrontal cortex impairs time interval discrimination in rats

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2009, Pages

  Kim, Jieun ^a   Jung, Amy Hyeyun ^b   Byun, Jayoung ^a   Jo, Suhyun ^a   Jung, Min Whan ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul International School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interval timing; Muscimol; Prefrontal cortex; Temporal bisection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869765861     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.038.2009     Document Type: Article

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