Advances in the behavioural testing and network imaging of rodent recognition memory

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 285, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-78

  Kinnavane, Lisa ^a   Albasser, Mathieu M ^a   Aggleton, John P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural testing; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Neural network; Perirhinal cortex; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION MEMORY; RODENT; SENSORY STIMULATION; ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RODENTIA;

EID: 84925344780     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.07.049     Document Type: Article

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