Conditioning-specific reflex modification of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) nictitating membrane response is sensitive to context

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-324

  Schreurs, Bernard G ^a,b   Gonzalez Joekes, Jimena ^a   Smith Bell, Carrie A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; CONDITIONING SPECIFIC REFLEX MODIFICATION; EYELID REFLEX; MALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RABBIT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

EID: 33750329304     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192886     Document Type: Article

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