Impaired acquisition of limb flexion reflex and eyeblink classical conditioning in a cerebellar patient

Neurocase

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-217

  Timmann, D ^a   Baier, C ^b   Diener, H C ^a   Kolb, F P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Eyeblink reflex; Human; Limb flexion reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EYELID REFLEX; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE;

EID: 0031694513     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/4.3.207     Document Type: Article

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