Ventral lateral geniculate input to the medial pons is necessary for visual eyeblink conditioning in rats

Learning and Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 80-85

  Halverson, Hunter E ^a   Freeman, John H ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANNULA; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EYELID REFLEX; INFUSION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CONDITIONING, EYELID; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI;

EID: 76649125215     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.1572710     Document Type: Article

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