The role of interpositus nucleus in eyelid conditioned responses

Cerebellum

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-308

  Delgado García, José M ^a   Gruart, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blinks; Cats; Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Motor learning; Oscillations; Plasticity; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EYELID REFLEX; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MAMMAL; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 0000673602     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/147342202320883597     Document Type: Review

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