Reinforcing operandum: Rapid and reliable learning of skilled forelimb movements by head-fixed rodents

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1781-1792

  Kimura, Rie ^a,b   Saiki, Akiko ^a,b   Fujiwara Tsukamoto, Yoko ^a,b,c   Ohkubo, Fuki ^b,d   Kitamura, Kazuo ^b,e   Matsuzaki, Masanori ^b,d   Sakai, Yutaka ^a   Isomura, Yoshikazu ^a,b  

^a TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

In vivo whole cell recording; Operant learning; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RODENT; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FORELIMB; HEAD; MALE; MOVEMENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 84866384626     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00356.2012     Document Type: Article

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