To assess the contributions of the basal forebrain cholinergic nuclei to visual recognition memory in macaques, we compared the effects of lesions of (a) the nucleus basalis of Meynert, (b) the medial septal and diagonal band nuclei, and (c) all nuclei combined on performance of delayed nonmatching-
Basal nucleus lesions in monkeys: recognition memory impairment or visual agnosia?
โ Scribed by R. M. Ridley; H. F. Baker; T. K. Murray
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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