Eyeblink classical conditioning in Alzheimer's disease and cerebrovascular dementia

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-512

  Woodruff Pak, Diana S ^a   Papka, Michelle ^b   Romano, Sandra ^b   Li, Yong Tong ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cholinergic hypothesis; Hippocampus; Normal aging; Pavlovian conditioning; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONDITIONING; DEMENTIA; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029787674     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-4580(96)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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