Reversible inactivations of the cerebellum with muscimol prevent the acquisition and extinction of conditioned nictitating membrane responses in the rabbit

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-247

  Hardiman, Mervyn J ^a   Ramnani, Narender ^a   Yeo, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Extinction; Learning

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029941356     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228555     Document Type: Article

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