Dorsal hippocampal lesions alter exploratory behavioural strategies in the Morris water maze
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1662-5153
DOI: 10.3389/conf.neuro.08.2009.09.134