Assessing cognitive function following medial prefrontal stroke in the rat

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 294, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-110

  Livingston Thomas, Jessica M ^a   Jeffers, Matthew S ^a   Nguemeni, Carine ^a   Shoichet, Molly S ^b   Morshead, Cindi M ^b,c   Corbett, Dale ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cognition; Executive function; Medial prefrontal cortex; Rat; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL SET SHIFTING; ATTENTIONAL SET SHIFTING TASK; BARNES MAZE TEST; BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR TEST; LIGHT DARK BOX TEST; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUS ALTERNATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TEMPORAL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; WIN SHIFT WIN STAY TASK; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIN-1; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84939459691     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.07.053     Document Type: Article

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