Operant Conditioning of Reflexes

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-233

  Wolpaw, J R ^a   Chen, X Y ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Corticospinal tract; H reflex; Interneuron; Learning; Memory; Motor control; Motor neuron; Motor skill; Operant; Sensorimotor cortex; Spinal cord; Spinal cord injury; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882823248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01347-4     Document Type: Chapter

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