Lesions of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus and classical eyeblink conditioning under less-than-optimal stimulus conditions: Role of partial reinforcement and interstimulus interval

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1075-1085

  Buchanan, Shirley L ^a   Penney, James ^b   Tebbutt, Dorie ^a   Powell, D A ^a  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b South Carolina Housing Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REINFORCEMENT; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; ELECTROSHOCK; HEART RATE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RABBITS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0030731501     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.5.1075     Document Type: Article

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