Neuronal activity in the medial prefrontal cortex during Pavlovian eyeblink and nictitating membrane conditioning

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 6296-6306

  Powell, Donald A ^a,b,c,d   Maxwell, Brian ^a,b,e   Penney, James ^a,f  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Neuroscience Research (151A)   (United States)

^e Waccamaw Mental Health Center   (United States)

^f Columbia Housing Authority ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic conditioning; electrophysiology; heart rate; multiple unit activity; pseudoconditioning; rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EYELID REFLEX; HEART RATE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0029814740     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-19-06296.1996     Document Type: Article

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