Role of Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus in Olfactory Discrimination Learning in Rats
- 2 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 214 (4516) , 91-92
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7280684
Abstract
Severe deficits in the acquisition of an olfactory learning-set task resulted from lesions of the central (olfactory) component of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus but not from large lesions that destroyed olfactory projections to the amygdala. Complex olfactory learning may be mediated by the olfactory thalamocortical system and not by olfactory projections to the limbic system.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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