Inactivation of the brachium conjunctivum prevents extinction of classically conditioned eyeblinks

Brain Research

Volumn 1045, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 175-184

  Nilaweera, Wijitha U ^a   Zenitsky, Gary D ^a   Bracha, Vlastislav ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Extinction; Eyeblink; Superior cerebellar peduncle

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, EYELID; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RABBITS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 19444380166     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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