Cholesterol Modifies Classical Conditioning of the Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Nictitating Membrane Response

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1220-1232

  Schreurs, Bernard G ^a   Smith Bell, Carrie A ^a   Lochhead, Jeff ^b   Sparks, D Larry ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL;

AMNESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SYNAPSE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLESTEROL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; RABBITS;

EID: 0346365427     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.6.1220     Document Type: Article

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