Lesions of the thalamic reticular nucleus or the basal forebrain impair Pavlovian eyeblink conditioning and attenuate learning-related multiple-unit activity in the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus

Psychobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-58

  Buchanan, Shirley L ^a   Beylotte III, Francis M ^b   Powell, D A ^b  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030894987     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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