Effects of Hippocampal Inactivation on the Performance of a Three-Dimensional Object Discrimination Task by Environmentally Enriched Rats

Author

Christopher T. Jones, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Date of Award

5-1989

Honors Thesis Number

005128

Major

Psychology

Abstract

This study was an attempt to show that enriched rats can learn a three dimensional object visual discrimination DMTS and DNMTS task. The task utilized toys from the EC for sample objects on an alternating arm Y-maze. Any subjects which were successful in learning the task were to then be tested as to the effects of reversible inactivation of the hippocampus on the performance of these tasks.