Mediodorsal thalamus and cognition in nonhuman primates

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Baxter, Mark G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde amnesia; Hippocampus; Mediodorsal nucleus; Prefrontal; Retrograde amnesia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84880613865     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00038     Document Type: Review

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