Prefrontal control of trace eyeblink conditioning in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) II: Effects of type of unconditioned stimulus (airpuff vs. periorbital shock) and unconditioned stimulus intensity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Oswald, Barbara B ^a,b   Knuckley, Bryan ^a   Mahan, Kathleen ^a   Sanders, Clara ^a   Powell, Donald A ^a,b,c  

^a WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Classical conditioning; Learning; Limbic cortex; Pavlovian conditioning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STIMULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; BLINKING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RABBITS;

EID: 57649184054     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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