Training-dependent associative learning induced neocortical structural plasticity: A trace eyeblink conditioning analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Chau, Lily S ^a   Prakapenka, Alesia V ^a   Zendeli, Liridon ^a   Davis, Ashley S ^a   Galvez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONDITIONING STIMULUS; DENDRITIC SPINE; EYELID REFLEX; GOLGI STAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCONDITIONED STIMULUS; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; BLINKING; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLINKING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, EYELID; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS;

EID: 84899758750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095317     Document Type: Article

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