The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in regulating interanimal coordination of movements

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 603-613

  Himmler, Brett T ^a   Bell, Heather C ^a   Horwood, Lewis ^a   Harker, Allonna ^a   Kolb, Bryan ^a   Pellis, Sergio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dodging; Medial prefrontal cortex; Play behavior; Robbing; Seed husking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VELOCITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; INJURIES; LONG EVANS RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84925824334     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000010     Document Type: Article

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