Cortex
Volume 44, Issue 8 , Pages 928-935 , September 2008

Medial temporal and prefrontal function: Recent behavioural disconnection studies in the macaque monkey

Received 5 September 2007 ,Revised 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 19 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.03.005

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