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Rats previously trained on a brightness discrimination habit, incline plane discrimination problem, maze habit, or an active avoidance conditioned response showed significant retention deficits following bilateral electrolytic lesions to the entorhino-subicular area. It would appear that the entorhino-subicular area must be included within the “general memory system” (along with the brainstem reticular formation) by virtue of its contribution to the expression of a wide variety of learned responses.
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This research was supported in part by a grant from the Graduate Council on Research, Louisiana State University.
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Thompson, R. Entorhino-subicular lesions: Amnestic effects on an assortment of learned responses in the white rat. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 8, 433–434 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335190
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