The Role of the Cerebellar Interpositus Nucleus in Short and Long Term Memory for Trace Eyeblink Conditioning

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-61

  Pakaprot, Narawut ^a,b   Kim, Soyun ^a   Thompson, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

eyeblink conditioning; inactivation; interpositus nucleus; long term memory; short term memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLINKING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MEMORY; MUSCIMOL; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549088876     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014263     Document Type: Article

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