Savings and extinction of conditioned eyeblink responses in fragile X syndrome

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 770-777

  Smit, A E ^a   Van Der Geest, J N ^a   Vellema, M ^b,c   Koekkoek, S K E ^a   Willemsen, R ^a   Govaerts, L C P ^a   Oostra, B A ^a   De Zeeuw, C I ^a,d   VanderWerf, F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Delay eyeblink conditioning; Extinction; Fragile X syndrome; Human; Savings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52949098297     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2008.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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