References & Sources  - October 17, 1998

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Rats have too much on their minds

Electrically stimulating the brain's memory-forming regions makes rats fare poorly on a spatial-learning task.

 

References:

Bliss, T.V.P. 1998. The saturation debate. Science 281(Sept. 25):1975.

Moser, E.I., et al. 1998. Impaired spatial learning after saturation of long-term potentiation. Science 281(Sept. 25):2038.

 

Sources:

Edvard I. Moser
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Psychology
7034 Trondheim
Norway

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 16, October 17, 1998, p. 250.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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