A comparison of the effects of superior collicular ablation in infant and adult rats.

Journal article

Rats sustaining damage to the superior colliculus in infancy or adulthood and sham-operated controls were tested on two tasks requiring visual orienting to 'unexpected' and 'expected' stimuli, respectively. Experiment 1 measured the distracting effect of novel visual and auditory stimuli presented while the animals traversed a familiar runway. Control rats oriented to the distracting stimulus and had lengthened running times on the trials where it was presented. Rats with lesions of the super...

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Authors: Heywood, C; Cowey, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Experimental brain research
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 302-312
• Publication date: 1985-01-01
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00230910
• EISSN: 1432-1106
• ISSN: 0014-4819
• Language: English
• Keywords: Animals; Extinction, Psychological; Conditioning (Psychology); Male; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Aging; Visual Perception; Exploratory Behavior; Superior Colliculi