Dissociation of recognition and recency memory judgments after anterior thalamic nuclei lesions in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 415-431

  Doumont, Julie R ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamic nuclei; Memory; Proactive interference; Recency; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878794900     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032750     Document Type: Article

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