Is the avian hippocampus a functional homologue of the mammalian hippocampus?

M Colombo, N Broadbent - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
The effects of hippocampal lesions on the processing and retention of visual and spatial
information in birds and mammals is reviewed. Both birds and mammals with damage to the …

A model of hippocampally dependent navigation, using the temporal difference learning rule

DJ Foster, RGM Morris, P Dayan - Hippocampus, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a model of how hippocampal place cells might be used for spatial
navigation in two watermaze tasks: the standard reference memory task and a delayed …

BDNF protects against spatial memory deficits following neonatal hypoxia-ischemia

CR Almli, TJ Levy, BH Han, AR Shah, JM Gidday… - Experimental …, 2000 - Elsevier
Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury in the human perinatal period often leads to significant
long-term neurobehavioral dysfunction in the cognitive and sensory-motor domains. Using a …

Acute administration of estrogen and progesterone impairs the acquisition of the spatial Morris water maze in ovariectomized rats

EJ Chesler, JM Juraska - Hormones and behavior, 2000 - Elsevier
Although several markers of synaptic efficacy are enhanced during proestrus, spatial water
maze performance is impaired. Because levels of both estrogen and progesterone are …

Spatial memory and aging: performance on a human analog of the Morris water maze

MC Newman, AW Kaszniak - Aging, Neuropsychology, and …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Rodent studies demonstrate parallel age-related changes in spatial memory and the
hippocampal formation. Converging cognitive, neuropsychological, and neurobiological …

Brain localization and behavioral impact of the G-protein-gated K+ channel subunit GIRK4

K Wickman, C Karschin, A Karschin… - Journal of …, 2000 - Soc Neuroscience
Neuronal G-protein-gated potassium (KG) channels are activated by several
neurotransmitters and constitute an important mode of synaptic inhibition in the mammalian …

Dissociation of place and cue learning by telencephalic ablation in goldfish.

JC López, VP Bingman, F Rodríguez… - Behavioral …, 2000 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined the spatial strategies used by goldfish (Carassius auratus) to find a
goal in a 4-arm maze and the involvement of the telencephalon in this spatial learning. Intact …

Is there an optimal age for recovery from motor cortex lesions?: I. Behavioral and anatomical sequelae of bilateral motor cortex lesions in rats on postnatal days 1, 10 …

B Kolb, J Cioe, IQ Whishaw - Brain Research, 2000 - Elsevier
Rats were given bilateral lesions of the motor cortex on the day of birth (P1), tenth day of life
(P10), or in adulthood. They were trained on several motor tasks (skilled forelimb reaching …

Reduced visual acuity impairs place but not cued learning in the Morris water task

GT Prusky, PWR West, RM Douglas - Behavioural brain research, 2000 - Elsevier
The Morris water task is a standard method for testing spatial learning in rodents. In a place
version of the task, animals utilize multiple visual cues to learn the location of a hidden …

Subnecrotic stereotactic radiosurgery controls epilepsy produced by kainic acid injection in rats

S Maesawa, D Kondziolka, CE Dixon, J Balzer… - Journal of …, 2000 - thejns.org
Object. Any analysis of the potential role of stereotactic radiosurgery for epilepsy requires
the experimental study of its potential antiepileptogenic, behavioral, and histological effects …