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Modulatory role of the cerebellar cortex during the classically conditioned nictitating membrane response in rabbit

Yang Boyi, Wang Jing, Wei Shunguang, Shen Yuqiao, Wang Baiyang

Sch. Life Sci., Fudan Univ.；Shandong Acad. Med. Sci.

Abstract

Classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane(NM) response was accomplished by standard delay procedure of paired tone (CS) and airpuff(US) stimuli. The cerebellar cortex plays a modulatory role in the generationof the conditioned NM response and the development of the learned response of the D-I nuclei at an early stage of learning. With consolidation, the D-I nuclei become free of control from the ccerebellar cortex and serve as the essential component of the memory trace for this model system.

Key words: Nictitating membrane conditioning;Cerebellar cortex;Dentate-interpositus nuclei

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Yang Boyi, Wang Jing, Wei Shunguang, Shen Yuqiao, Wang Baiyang. Modulatory role of the cerebellar cortex during the classically conditioned nictitating membrane response in rabbit. Acta Physiol Sin 1991; 43 (2): (in Chinese with English abstract).