Changes in complex spike activity during classical conditioning

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Rasmussen, Anders ^a,b   Jirenhed, Dan Anders ^a,b   Wetmore, Daniel Z ^c   Hesslow, Germund ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex spikes; Eyeblink conditioning; In vivo electrophysiology; Inferior olive; Interstimulus interval; Nucleo olivary pathway; Oscillations; Purkinje cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FERRET; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; TRAINING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FERRETS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PURKINJE CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905594072     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00090     Document Type: Article

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