Eyeblink Conditioning During an Interstimulus Interval Switch in Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) Using Picrotoxin to Disrupt Cerebellar Cortical Input to the Interpositus Nucleus

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-74

  Vogel, Richard W ^a,b   Amundson, Jeffrey C ^b   Lindquist, Derick H ^b   Steinmetz, Joseph E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebellum; eyeblink classical conditioning; GABA; interstimulus interval; picrotoxin

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PICROTOXIN; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60549091358     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014082     Document Type: Article

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