Essential neuronal pathways for reflex and conditioned response initiation in an intracerebellar stimulation paradigm and the impact of unconditioned stimulus preexposure on learning rate

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-193

  Swain, Rodney A ^a   Shinkman, Paul G ^a   Thompson, Judith K ^a   Grethe, Jeffrey S ^a   Thompson, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CLIMBING FIBER; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPOSURE; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; LEARNING; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; RABBIT; REFLEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032792525     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1998.3872     Document Type: Article

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