Extensive cytotoxic lesions of the rat retrosplenial cortex reveal consistent deficits on tasks that tax allocentric spatial memory.

Despite the connections of the retrosplenial cortex strongly suggesting a role in spatial memory, the lesion data to date have been equivocal. Whether subjects are impaired after retrosplenial lesions seems to depend on whether the lesions were aspirative or excitotoxic, with the latter failing to p...

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Publicado en:Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 116; no. 1; pp. 85 - 95
Autores principales: Vann, Seralynne D., Aggleton, John P.
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Publicado: American Psychological Association February 2002
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