Huntington's disease and eyeblink classical conditioning: Normal learning but abnormal timing

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-334

  Woodruff Pak, Diana S ^a   Papka, Michelle ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebellum; Hippocampus; Motor cortex; Pavlovian conditioning; Response timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030178576     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s135561770000134x     Document Type: Article

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