The estrous cycle and the olivo-cerebellar circuit. I. Contrast enhancement of sensorimotor-correlated cerebellar discharge

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-384

  Smith, Sheryl S ^a   Chapin, John K ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Network; Performance; Purkinje cell; Rat

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRODE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0029800499     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228726     Document Type: Article

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