Role of cerebellum in adaptive modification of reflex blinks

Learning and Memory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-87

  Pellegrini, John J ^a   Evinger, Craig ^b  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031006973     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.4.1.77     Document Type: Article

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