Neuronal activity in the cerebellar interpositus and lateral pontine nuclei during inhibitory classical conditioning of the eyeblink response

Brain Research

Volumn 833, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-233

  Freeman Jr , John H ^a   Nicholson, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Deep nuclei; Inhibition; Learning; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINKING; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033519906     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01547-4     Document Type: Article

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