Reevaluating the role of the medial prefrontal cortex in delay eyeblink conditioning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-288

  Wu, Guang yan ^a   Yao, Juan ^a   Zhang, Lang qian ^a   Li, Xuan ^a   Fan, Zheng li ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Sui, Jian feng ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Delay eyeblink conditioning; Electrolytic lesion; Loud tone CS; Medial prefrontal cortex; Muscimol; Soft tone CS

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED EYEBLINK CONDITIONING; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GUINEA PIGS; MUSCIMOL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84862817677     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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