Dorsal hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex each contribute to the retrieval of a recent spatial memory in rats

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 91-102

  Cholvin, Thibault ^a   Loureiro, Michaël ^a   Cassel, Raphaelle ^a   Cosquer, Brigitte ^a   Herbeaux, Karin ^a   de Vasconcelos, Anne Pereira ^a   Cassel, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Medial prefrontal cortex; Morris water maze; Muscimol; Retrieval; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCIMOL; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMALS; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MUSCIMOL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84955173394     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0894-6     Document Type: Article

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