Skilled-learning-induced potentiation in rat sensorimotor cortex: A transient form of behavioural long-term potentiation

Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 329-336

  Monfils, M H ^a,b   Teskey, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; I O; In vivo; Input output; Learning; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; LTD; LTP; Memory; Neocortex; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LEARNING; LONG-TERM DEPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY); LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842504078     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.01.048     Document Type: Article

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