The effects of central catecholamine depletions on spatial learning in rats

J.J. Hagan; Jonathan E. Alpert; Richard Morris; Susan D. Iversen

doi:10.1016/0166-4328(83)90015-3

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CatecholamineNeuroscienceDopamineSpatial learningMedial forebrain bundleForebrainPsychologyHippocampusSpatial memoryMorris water navigation taskCentral nervous systemStriatumCognitionWorking memory

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Year: 1983
Type: article
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 83-104
Citations: 106
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                                    J.J. Hagan, 
                                
                                    Jonathan E. Alpert, 
                                
                                    Richard Morris
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1983). 
                            The effects of central catecholamine depletions on spatial learning in rats. 
                            Behavioural Brain Research
                            , 9
                            (1)
                            , 83-104.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-4328(83)90015-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(83)90015-3