Fornix transection impairs learning of randomly changing object discriminations.
The hippocampus has a well established role in spatial memory, but increasing evidence points to a role in nonspatial aspects of memory. To investigate such a role, six macaque monkeys received a bilateral transection of the fornix to disconnect subcortical inputs and outputs of the hippocampus. An...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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