Ontogenetic change in the auditory conditioned stimulus pathway for eyeblink conditioning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 823-828

  Freeman, John H ^a   Campolattaro, Matthew M ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EYELID REFLEX; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BLINKING; CONDITIONING, EYELID; GABA AGONISTS; MUSCIMOL; RATS; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS;

EID: 55749103102     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1131208     Document Type: Article

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