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Mammilliothalamic Tract Lesions Disrupt Tests of Visuo-Spatial Memory.

The mammillary bodies and their projections via the mammilliothalamic tract to the anterior thalamic nuclei are known to be important for spatial memory in rodents, but their precise role remains unclear. To determine whether transection of the mammilliothalamic tract can produce deficits on tests o...

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Published in:Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 128; no. 4; pp. 494 - 504
Main Authors: Nelson, Andrew J. D., Vann, Seralynne D.
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association Aug2014
Subjects:
Thalamic nuclei
Spatial memory
Laboratory rodents
Object recognition algorithms
Geniculate bodies
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