Trace eyeblink conditioning in patients with cerebellar degeneration: Comparison of short and long trace intervals

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-96

  Gerwig, M ^a   Esser A C ^a   Guberina, H ^a   Frings, M ^a   Kolb, F P ^b   Forsting, M ^a   Aurich, V ^c   Beck, A ^c   Timmann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cerebellar cortex; Classical conditioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449154594     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1283-2     Document Type: Article

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