Ultrastructural change at rat cerebellothalamic synapses associated with volitional motor adaptation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-84

  Aumann, Timothy Douglas ^a,c   Horne, Malcom Kenneth ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Motor learning; Synaptic plasticity; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS; VOLITION;

EID: 0033591734     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990621)409:1<71::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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