Synapses, circuits, and the ontogeny of learning

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 649-663

  Hunt, Pamela S ^a   Fanselow, Michael S ^b   Richardson, Rick ^c   Mauk, Michael D ^d   Freeman Jr , John H ^e   Stanton, Mark E ^f  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e E11 SSH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Conditioning; Learning; Plasticity; Rodent

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PURKINJE CELL; SYNAPSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEAR; HUMANS; LEARNING; NERVE NET; SYNAPSES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 35649020192     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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