The Michelin Red Guide of the Brain: role of Dopamine in Goal-oriented Navigation

Spatial learning has been recognized over the years to be under the control of the hippocampus and related temporal lobe structures. Hippocampal damage often causes severe impairments in the ability to learn and remember a location in space defined by distal visual cues. Such cognitive disabilities...

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Main Authors: Aude eRetailleau, Thomas eBoraud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00032/full