A novel role for the rat retrosplenial cortex in cognitive control

Learning and Memory

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-97

  Nelson, Andrew J D ^a   Hindley, Emma L ^a   Haddon, Josephine E ^a,b   Vann, Seralynne D ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GYRUS CINGULI; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; REWARD; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84894240708     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.032136.113     Document Type: Article

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