Kinetic and frequency-domain properties of reflex and conditioned eyelid responses in the rabbit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 836-852

  Gruart, Agnès ^a,c   Schreurs, Bernard G ^b   Domínguez Del Toro, Eduardo ^a   Delgado García, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c Facultad de Biología   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0033953910     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.2.836     Document Type: Article

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