Acoustic transmission in the dentate nucleus I. Patterns of activity to click and hiss; II. Changes in activity and excitability after conditioning

Brain Research

Volumn 789, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-83

  Woody, C D ^a   Wang, X F ^a   Gruen, E ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory function; Hearing; Learning and memory; Primary sensory pathway; Subcerebellar nuclei; Systems and functions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DENTATE NUCLEUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032489934     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00017-1     Document Type: Article

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