Cerebellar Control of Classical Conditioning
Popular Abstract in Swedish Lillhjärnans kontroll av klassisk betingning Klassisk betingning är en enkel och fundamental form av inlärning. Ett neutralt betingat stimulus (eng. conditioned stimulus eller CS), som t.e.x en ton, presenteras tillsammans med ett obetingat stimulus (unconditioned stimulus eller US), som alltid utlöser en specifik respons (eng. unconditioned response eller UR). Det kanIt has previously been shown that the cerebellum is critical for classical conditioning. The experiments presented in this thesis aimed to study how the cerebellum controls conditioned eyeblink responses (CRs) and specifically the efferent path from the cerebellar cortex to the muscles. Ferrets, decerebrated rostral to the superior colliculus and the red nucleus, were trained in a classical condit