Structural stability within the lateral cerebellar nucleus of the rat following complex motor learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 290-306

  Kleim, Jeffrey A ^a   Pipitone, Michelle A ^a   Czerlanis, Cheryl ^a   Greenough, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Deep cerebellar nuclei; Memory; Motor performance; Motor skill; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; LEARNING; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032078654     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3828     Document Type: Article

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