Ablation of cerebellar nuclei prevents H-reflex down-conditioning in rats

Learning and Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-254

  Xiang, Yang Chen ^a   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; ELECTRICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BLINKING; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, EYELID; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR;

EID: 21844437061     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.91305     Document Type: Article

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