Short and long-term motor skill learning in an accelerated rotarod training paradigm

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-216

  Buitrago, Manuel M ^a   Schulz, Jörg B ^a   Dichgans, Johannes ^a   Luft, Andreas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Rat; Rotarod; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 1842686143     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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