Sequence of single neuron changes in CA1 hippocampus of rabbits during acquisition of trace eyeblink conditioned responses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1030-1044

  McEchron, Matthew D ^a   Disterhoft, John F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EYELID REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RABBIT; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0030809531     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.2.1030     Document Type: Article

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