The human cerebellum and associative learning: Dissociation between the acquisition, retention and extinction of conditioned eyeblinks

Brain Research

Volumn 860, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 87-94

  Bracha, Vlastislav ^a   Zhao, Lingke ^a   Irwin, Kristina B ^a   Bloedel, James R ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Extinction; Eyeblink

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONDITIONING, EYELID; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GANGLIONEUROMA; HAND; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; KINESTHESIS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; RABBITS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOUCH;

EID: 0034737372     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)01995-8     Document Type: Article

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