Video recording system for the measurement of eyelid movements during classical conditioning of the eyeblink response in the rabbit

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 173-181

  Bracha, Vlastislav ^a   Nilaweera, W ^a   Zenitsky, G ^a   Irwin, K ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Blink reflex; Experiment control; Eyeblink conditioning; Image analysis; Method; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDITIONING; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; HEAD MOVEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TELEVISION CAMERA; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0038238790     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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