Blocking the BK channel impedes acquisition of trace eyeblink conditioning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-109

  Matthews, Elizabeth A ^a   Disterhoft, John F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CATHETERIZATION; CONDITIONING, EYELID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDOLES; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; SOFTWARE;

EID: 59649128465     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1289809     Document Type: Article

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