Selective synaptic plasticity within the cerebellar cortex following complex motor skill learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 274-289

  Kleim, Jeffrey A ^a   Swain, Rodney A ^a   Armstrong, Kim A ^a   Napper, Ruth M A ^c   Jones, Theresa A ^a   Greenough, William T ^a,b  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SKILL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032079220     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3827     Document Type: Article

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