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Deficits in allothetic and idiothetic spatial behavior in rats with posterior cingulate cortex lesions by Whishaw, Ian Q, Maaswinkel, Hans, Gonzalez, Claudia L.R, Kolb, Bryan

“…The cingulate cortex plays a central role in bridging neocortical and limbic structures involved in allothetic navigation, a form of navigation requiring the…”
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Sparing of skilled forelimb reaching and corticospinal projections after neonatal motor cortex removal or hemidecortication in the rat: support for the Kennard doctrine by Whishaw, I Q, Kolb, B

“…Skilled forelimb use in reaching for food was studied in rats with variously sized and placed unilateral cortical lesions given in adulthood or on the day of…”
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Cortical and subcortical lesions impair skilled walking in the ladder rung walking test: a new task to evaluate fore- and hindlimb stepping, placing, and co-ordination by Metz, Gerlinde A, Whishaw, Ian Q

“…The ladder rung walking test is a new task to assess skilled walking and measure both forelimb and hindlimb placing, stepping, and inter-limb co-ordination…”
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Animal models of neurological deficits: how relevant is the rat? by Cenci, M. Angela, Whishaw, Ian Q, Schallert, Timothy

“…Animal models of neurological deficits are essential for the assessment of new therapeutic options. It has been suggested that rats are not as appropriate as…”
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Loss of the innate cortical engram for action patterns used in skilled reaching and the development of behavioral compensation following motor cortex lesions in the rat by Whishaw, Ian Q

“…Damage to the motor cortex of the rat ( Rattus norvegicus) impairs skilled movements used in reaching for food with the contralateral forepaw. Nevertheless,…”
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Skilled reaching deficits in unilateral dopamine-depleted rats: impairments in movement and posture and compensatory adjustments by Miklyaeva, EI, Castaneda, E, Whishaw, IQ

“…Rats receiving unilateral dopamine (DA) depletions have bilateral deficits in using the forelimbs for skilled reaching. These impairments were investigated…”
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Brain plasticity and behavior by KOLB, B, WHISHAW, I. Q

“…Brain plasticity refers to the brain's ability to change structure and function. Experience is a major stimulant of brain plasticity in animal species as…”
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Contributions of cingulate cortex to two forms of spatial learning and memory by Sutherland, RJ, Whishaw, IQ, Kolb, B

“…The contribution of anterior and posterior cingulate cortical areas to spatial learning and memory was examined in 4 experiments using the place-navigation…”
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Variation in visual acuity within pigmented, and between pigmented and albino rat strains by Prusky, Glen T, Harker, K.Troy, Douglas, Robert M, Whishaw, Ian Q

“…Many researchers assume that laboratory rats have poor vision, and accordingly, that they need not consider differences in the visual function of rats as a…”
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Home bases formed to visual cues but not to self-movement (dead reckoning) cues in exploring hippocampectomized rats by Hines, Dustin J., Whishaw, Ian Q.

“…Spatial theory proposes that the hippocampus contributes to exploratory behavior allowing animals to acquire information about their environment. In the…”
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Quantitative and qualitative impairments in skilled reaching in the mouse (Mus musculus) after a focal motor cortex stroke by FARR, Tracy D, WHISHAW, Ian Q

“…Skilled reaching movements are an important aspect of human motor behavior but are impaired after motor system stroke. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Vestibular Information Is Required for Dead Reckoning in the Rat by Wallace, Douglas G, Hines, Dustin J, Pellis, Sergio M, Whishaw, Ian Q

“…Dead reckoning is an on-line form of spatial navigation used by an animal to identify its present location and return directly to a starting location, even…”
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On the origin of skilled forelimb movements by Iwaniuk, Andrew N, Whishaw, Ian Q

“…Homologizing behaviour was once considered unreliable, but the application of modern comparative methods has been shown to provide strong evidence of…”
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Neurobehavioral deficit due to ischemic brain damage limited to half of the CA1 sector of the hippocampus by Auer, RN, Jensen, ML, Whishaw, IQ

“…It is well known that ischemia causes neuronal necrosis in selectively vulnerable sectors of the hippocampus. Since the hippocampus is involved in spatial…”
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DREAM Is a Critical Transcriptional Repressor for Pain Modulation by Cheng, Hai-Ying M., Pitcher, Graham M., Laviolette, Steven R., Whishaw, Ian Q., Tong, Kit I., Kockeritz, Lisa K., Wada, Teiji, Joza, Nicholas A., Crackower, Michael, Goncalves, Jason, Sarosi, Ildiko, Woodgett, James R., Oliveira-dos-Santos, Antonio J., Ikura, Mitsuhiko, van der Kooy, Derek, Salter, Michael W., Penninger, Josef M.

“…Control and treatment of chronic pain remain major clinical challenges. Progress may be facilitated by a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying…”
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Homing with locale, taxon, and dead reckoning strategies by foraging rats: sensory hierarchy in spatial navigation by Maaswinkel, Hans, Whishaw, Ian Q.

“…Studies on foraging rats suggest that they can use visual, olfactory, and self-movement cues for spatial guidance, but their relative reliance on these…”
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Motor activity (exploration) and formation of home bases in mice (C57BL/6) influenced by visual and tactile cues: Modification of movement distribution, distance, location, and speed by Clark, Benjamin J., Hamilton, Derek A., Whishaw, Ian Q.

“…The motor activity of mice in tests of “exploration” is organized. Mice establish home bases, operationally defined as places where they spend long periods of…”
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Regulation of T Cell Activation, Anxiety, and Male Aggression by RGS2 by Antonio J. Oliveira-dos-Santos, Matsumoto, Goichi, Snow, Bryan E., Bai, Donglin, Houston, Frank P., Whishaw, Ian Q., Mariathasan, Sanjeev, Sasaki, Takehiko, Wakeham, Andrew, Ohashi, Pamela S., Roder, John C., Barnes, Carol A., Siderovski, David P., Penninger, Josef M.

“…Regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins accelerate the GTPase activity of Gα protein subunits in vitro, negatively regulating G protein-coupled…”
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Evidence for bilateral control of skilled movements: ipsilateral skilled forelimb reaching deficits and functional recovery in rats follow motor cortex and lateral frontal cortex lesions by Gonzalez, Claudia L. R., Gharbawie, Omar A., Williams, Preston T., Kleim, Jeffrey A., Kolb, Bryan, Whishaw, Ian Q.

“…Unilateral damage to cortical areas in the frontal cortex produces sensorimotor deficits on the side contralateral to the lesion. Although there are anecdotal…”
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Did a change in sensory control of skilled movements stimulate the evolution of the primate frontal cortex? by Whishaw, Ian Q.

“…The classical view of the evolution of such skilled movements as use of the hand and digits for reaching and grasping posited that these movements had their…”
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