Stimulation of the lateral geniculate, superior colliculus, or visual cortex is sufficient for eyeblink conditioning in rats

Learning and Memory

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 300-307

  Halverson, Hunter E ^a   Hubbard, Erin M ^a   Freeman, John H ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, EYELID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENICULATE BODIES; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 66149109987     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1340909     Document Type: Article

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