Sensory system development influences the ontogeny of eyeblink conditioning

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1244-1251

  Goldsberry, Mary E ^a   Elkin, Magdalyn E ^a   Freeman, John H ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cerebellum; Development; Eyelid conditioning; Rat pup

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINKING; CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BLINKING; CONDITIONING, EYELID; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84905223715     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21204     Document Type: Article

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