Is the cerebellum involved in the visuo-locomotor associative learning?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-56

  Mandolesi, Laura ^a,c   Leggio, Maria Giuseppa ^b,c   Spirito, Francesca ^b,c   Federico, Francesca ^c,d   Petrosini, Laura ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrimination task; Explorative strategies; Procedural components; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLECTOMY; CEREBELLUM; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548638651     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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