Neuroscience of Pavlovian Conditioning: A Brief Review

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-167

  Aguado, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Campus de Somosaguas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Learning theories; Neural mechanisms; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME BINDING; FACILITATION; FEAR; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; REFLEX ARC; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0344861897     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600005308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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