Cerebellar learning mechanisms

Brain Research

Volumn 1621, Issue , 2015, Pages 260-269

  Freeman, John H ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Cerebellum; Excitability; Eyeblink conditioning; Learning; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

CEREBELLAR MOSSY FIBER; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; EYEBLINK CONDITIONING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPOSITUS NUCLEUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CONDITIONING, EYELID; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84941600237     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.09.062     Document Type: Review

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