Instrumental learning within the spinal cord: II. Evidence for central mediation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 259-267

  Crown, Eric D ^a   Ferguson, Adam R ^a   Joynes, Robin L ^b   Grau, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumental learning; Lidocaine; Plasticity; Sciatic nerve; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; LEARNING; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0036854665     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00859-4     Document Type: Article

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