Eyeblink conditioning using cochlear nucleus stimulation as a conditioned stimulus in developing rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 640-646

  Freeman, John H ^a   Duffel, Jessica W ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Cerebellum; Eyelid conditioning; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PONS; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING, EYELID; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; INFERIOR COLLICULI; MALE; PONS; RATS; REACTION TIME;

RATTUS;

EID: 56849111135     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20331     Document Type: Article

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