In vitro analog of operant conditioning in Aplysia. II. Modifications of the functional dynamics of an identified neuron contribute to motor pattern selection

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2261-2272

  Nargeot, Romuald ^a,b   Baxter, Douglas A ^a   Byrne, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; B51; Buccal ganglia; Central pattern generator; Contingent reinforcement; Law of effect; Learning and memory; Operant conditioning; Regenerative properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PATTERN STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 0033559868     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-06-02261.1999     Document Type: Article

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