Cholesterol enhances classical conditioning of the rabbit heart rate response

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-63

  Schreurs, Bernard G ^a   Smith Bell, Carrie A ^a   Darwish, Deya S ^b   Wang, Desheng ^a   Burhans, Lauren B ^a   Gonzales Joekes, Jimena ^b   Deci, Stephen ^a   Stankovic, Goran ^c   Sparks, D Larry ^c  

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

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol fed rabbit; Classical conditioning; Copper; Heart rate; Heart rate conditioning; Nictitating membrane response

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; DRINKING WATER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROSHOCK; HEART RATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RABBITS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 34248523584     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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