Hippocampus-dependent place learning enables spatial flexibility in C57BL6/N mice

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue DEC, 2012, Pages

  Kleinknecht, Karl R ^a   Bedenk, Benedikt T ^a   Kaltwasse, Sebastian F ^a   Grünecker, Barbara ^a   Yen, Yi Chun ^a   Czisch, Michael ^a   Wotjak, Carsten T ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Hippocampus; Ibotenic acid; MRI volumetry; Place learning; Response learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

IBOTENIC ACID; MANGANESE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN FIELD TEST; PLACE PREFERENCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84872178422     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00087     Document Type: Article

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