Properties of conditioned abducens nerve responses in a highly reduced in vitro brain stem preparation from the turtle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1242-1250

  Anderson, Curtis W ^a,b   Keifer, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EYELID REFLEX; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE POTENTIAL; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RED NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE;

EID: 0033051782     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.3.1242     Document Type: Article

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