Inhibitory cerebello-olivary projections and blocking effect in classical conditioning

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5350, 1998, Pages 570-573

  Kim, Jeansok J ^a,b   Krupa, David J ^a   Thompson, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; INFERIOR OLIVE; LEARNING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLINKING; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PICROTOXIN; PURKINJE CELLS; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032559327     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5350.570     Document Type: Review

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