Cerebellar theta burst stimulation dissociates memory components in eyeblink classical conditioning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3363-3370

  Monaco, J ^a   Casellato, C ^b   Koch, G ^c   D'Angelo, E ^a,d  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Eyeblink classical conditioning; Learning and memory; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYEBLINK CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLINKING; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLINKING; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932190444     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12700     Document Type: Article

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