Effects of a corneal anesthetic on extinction of the classically conditioned nictitating membrane response in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1433-1438

  Robleto, Karla ^a   Poulos, Andrew M ^a   Thompson, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; TETRACAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; EYELID REFLEX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CORNEA; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; RABBITS; TETRACAINE;

EID: 9644274129     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.118.6.1433     Document Type: Article

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