A trigeminal conditioned stimulus yields fast acquisition of cerebellum-dependent conditioned eyeblinks

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-196

  Carrel, Andrew J ^a   Zbarska, Svitlana ^a   Zenitsky, Gary D ^a   Bracha, Vlastislav ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Classical conditioning; Interposed nuclei; Mystacial vibrissae; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYEBLINK CONDITIONING; EYELID REFLEX; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MYSTACIAL VIBRISSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL CONDITIONED STIMULUS; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; MALE; RABBITS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 80054840300     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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