The conditioned eyeblink response: A role for the GABA-B receptor?

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-132

  Ramirez, O A ^a   Nordholm, A F ^b   Gellerman, D ^c   Thompson, J K ^c   Thompson, R F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Cerebellum; Eyeblink conditioning; GABA B receptors; Interpositus nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BLINKING; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PHOSPHINIC ACIDS; PROPANOLAMINES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030839422     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(96)00459-5     Document Type: Article

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