Functional MRI of cerebellar activity during eyeblink classical conditioning in children and adults

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1390-1403

  Cheng, Dominic T ^a   Meintjes, Ernesta M ^b   Stanton, Mark E ^c   Desmond, John E ^a   Pienaar, Mariska ^b   Dodge, Neil C ^d   Power, John M ^e   Molteno, Christopher D ^b   Disterhoft, John F ^f   Jacobson, Joseph L ^b,d   Jacobson, Sandra W ^b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development; Learning; Memory; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; DENTATE NUCLEUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FASTIGIAL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINKING; BRAIN MAPPING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEARING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINKING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896405692     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22261     Document Type: Article

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