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The role of rat dorsomedial prefrontal cortex in working memory for egocentric responses
1Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 W. Harrison Street, 60607, Chicago, IL, USA. mrago@uic.edu
Abstract:
The present experiment studied the effects of quinolinic acid (90 mM) lesions of the medial precentral and anterior cingulate on working memory for egocentric responses. Rats were trained on a delayed match-to-sample task that involved memory for a 90 degrees right or left turn. The results indicated that lesioned rats had significantly decreased scores during the 10 s delay condition compared to presurgery levels. An increase in the delay to 20 s significantly reduced working memory performance in the lesioned rats compared to that of controls. These findings suggest that the rat medial precentral and/or anterior cingulate area play an important role in working memory for egocentric responses.
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