Developmental changes in eye-blink conditioning and neuronal activity in the cerebellar interpositus nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 813-819

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

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Conditioning; Eye blink; Interpositus; Learning; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0034651095     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00813.2000     Document Type: Article

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