The rat retrosplenial cortex is required when visual cues are used flexibly to determine location

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 263, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-107

  Hindley, E L ^a   Nelson, A J D ^a   Aggleton, J P ^a   Vann, S D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Navigation; Orientation; Perspective; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; GLIOSIS; GO NO GO TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; REWARD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; CINGULATE GYRUS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GYRUS CINGULI; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84896707205     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.028     Document Type: Article

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