Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG Study

The cerebellum and the hippocampus are key structures for the acquisition of conditioned eyeblink responses. Whereas the cerebellum seems to be crucial for all types of eyeblink conditioning, the hippocampus appears to be involved only in complex types of learning. We conducted a differential condit...

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Main Authors: Peter Kirsch, Caroline Achenbach, Martina Kirsch, Matthias Heinzmann, Anne Schienle, Dieter Vaitl
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2003-01-01
Series:Neural Plasticity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2003.291
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author Peter Kirsch
Caroline Achenbach
Martina Kirsch
Matthias Heinzmann
Anne Schienle
Dieter Vaitl
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description The cerebellum and the hippocampus are key structures for the acquisition of conditioned eyeblink responses. Whereas the cerebellum seems to be crucial for all types of eyeblink conditioning, the hippocampus appears to be involved only in complex types of learning. We conducted a differential conditioning study to explore the suitability of the design for magnetencephalography (MEG). In addition, we compared cerebellar and hippocampal activation during differential delay and trace conditioning. Comparable conditioning effects were seen in both conditions, but a greater resistance to extinction for trace conditioning. Brain activation differed between paradigms: delay conditioning provoked activation only in the cerebellum and trace conditioning only in the hippocampus. The results reflect differential brain activation patterns during the two types of eyeblink conditioning.
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spelling doaj-art-11526a00f5ce4169b83058864427bb9e2025-02-03T06:44:27ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432003-01-0110429130110.1155/NP.2003.291Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG StudyPeter Kirsch0Caroline Achenbach1Martina Kirsch2Matthias Heinzmann3Anne Schienle4Dieter Vaitl5Department of Clinical & Physiological Psychology, GermanyDepartment of Clinical & Physiological Psychology, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, GermanyDepartment of psychology, University of Heidelberg, GermanyDepartment of Clinical & Physiological Psychology, GermanyDepartment of Clinical & Physiological Psychology, GermanyThe cerebellum and the hippocampus are key structures for the acquisition of conditioned eyeblink responses. Whereas the cerebellum seems to be crucial for all types of eyeblink conditioning, the hippocampus appears to be involved only in complex types of learning. We conducted a differential conditioning study to explore the suitability of the design for magnetencephalography (MEG). In addition, we compared cerebellar and hippocampal activation during differential delay and trace conditioning. Comparable conditioning effects were seen in both conditions, but a greater resistance to extinction for trace conditioning. Brain activation differed between paradigms: delay conditioning provoked activation only in the cerebellum and trace conditioning only in the hippocampus. The results reflect differential brain activation patterns during the two types of eyeblink conditioning.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2003.291
spellingShingle Peter Kirsch
Caroline Achenbach
Martina Kirsch
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Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG Study
Neural Plasticity
title Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG Study
title_full Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG Study
title_fullStr Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG Study
title_full_unstemmed Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG Study
title_short Cerebellar and Hippocampal Activation During Eyeblink Conditioning Depends on the Experimental Paradigm: A MEG Study
title_sort cerebellar and hippocampal activation during eyeblink conditioning depends on the experimental paradigm a meg study
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2003.291
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