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Direct linkVuckovich, Joseph A.; Semel, Mara E.; Baxter, Mark G. – Learning & Memory, 2004
A recent study suggests that lesions to all major areas of the cholinergic basal forebrain in the rat (medial septum, horizontal limb of the diagonal band of Broca, and nucleus basalis magnocellularis) impair a spatial working memory task. However, this experiment used a surgical technique that may have damaged cerebellar Purkinje cells. The…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Animals, Short Term Memory, Spatial Ability
