Amygdala inactivation impairs eyeblink conditioning in developing rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 999-1007

  Ng, Ka H ^a   Freeman, John H ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Associative learning; Cerebellum; Eyeblink conditioning; Eyelid; Rat pup

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BLINKING; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BLINKING; BUPIVACAINE; CONDITIONING, EYELID; FEMALE; MALE; RATS;

EID: 84901694840     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21180     Document Type: Article

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