Persistent activity in a cortical-to-subcortical circuit: Bridging the temporal gap in trace eyelid conditioning

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-64

  Siegel, Jennifer J ^a   Kalmbach, Brian ^a   Chitwood, Raymond A ^a   Mauk, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Dextran tracer; Medial prefrontal cortex; Pontine nuclei; Single units

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR MOSSY FIBER; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYELIDS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RABBITS;

EID: 84255182662     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00689.2011     Document Type: Article

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