Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18086827›Full record

ArticleLearning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)2007

Inferior colliculus lesions impair eyeblink conditioning in rats.

John H Freeman, Hunter E Halverson, Erin M Hubbard

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Article in Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 authors.

John H FreemanDepartment of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. john-freeman@uiowa.edu
Hunter E Halverson
Erin M Hubbard

Funding

Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Ontogeny of Eyeblink ConditioningR01NS038890 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FREEMAN, JOHN H · 2000 to 2014
$3.2M
Neural Pathways for Conditioned Stimuli in Eyeblink ConditioningR01MH080005 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FREEMAN, JOHN H · 2007 to 2014
$2.4M
Neural Mechanisms of Inhibitory Classical ConditioningR01MH065483 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI FREEMAN, JOHN H · 2003 to 2007
$726k
NIMH NIH HHS MH065483NIMH NIH HHS MH080005NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH065483NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH080005NINDS NIH HHS NS038890NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The neural plasticity necessary for acquisition and retention of eyeblink conditioning has been localized to the cerebellum. However, the sources of sensory input to the cerebellum that are necessary for establishing learning-related plasticity have not been identified completely. The inferior colliculus may be a source of sensory input to the cerebellum through its projection to the medial auditory thalamus. The medial auditory thalamus is necessary for eyeblink conditioning in rats and projects to the lateral pontine nuclei, which then project to the cerebellar nuclei and cortex. The current experiment examined the role of the inferior colliculus in auditory eyeblink conditioning. Rats were given bilateral or unilateral (contralateral to the conditioned eye) lesions of the inferior colliculus prior to 10 d of delay eyeblink conditioning with a tone CS. Rats with bilateral or unilateral lesions showed equivalently impaired acquisition. The extent of damage to the contralateral inferior colliculus correlated with several measures of conditioning. The findings indicate that the contralateral inferior colliculus provides auditory input to the cerebellum that is necessary for eyeblink conditioning.

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Acoustic StimulationAnimalsAuditory PathwaysCerebellumCochlear NucleusConditioning, EyelidDenervationInferior ColliculiMaleRatsRats, Long-Evans

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PMID18086827
PMCPMC2151021

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