Mammilliothalamic tract lesions disrupt tests of visuo-spatial memory

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 494-503

  Nelson, Andrew J D ^a   Vann, Seralynne D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamic nucleus; Mammillary bodies; Mammilliothalamic tract; Recognition memory; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MAMMILLIOTHALAMIC TRACT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE TRACT; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; RAT; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; MAZE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; CUES; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODIES; MAZE LEARNING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84904623943     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000001     Document Type: Article

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