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eye blink reflex

Known as: nictitating membrane reflex 
The reflex process in which a mechanical stimulus applied to the eye elicits a response of the eyelid closing. [GOC:dph, PMID:2913208]
National Institutes of Health

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2010
2010
Using time to insensibility and estimated time of death to evaluate a nonpenetrating captive bolt, cervical dislocation, and blunt trauma for on-farm killing of turkeys.
The effectiveness of a pneumatic nonpenetrating captive bolt (Zephyr) was assessed for on-farm euthanasia of turkeys and compared… 
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
Modulation of the startle reflex by pleasant and unpleasant music.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Changes in the motor pattern of learned and unlearned responses following cerebellar lesions: A kinematic analysis of the nictitating membrane reflex
  • J. Welsh
  • Neuroscience
  • 1992
  • Corpus ID: 6972859
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1991
Highly Cited
1991
Contributions of the amygdaloid central nucleus to the modulation of the nictitating membrane reflex in the rabbit.
The contributions of the amygdaloid central nucleus (ACe) to the modulation of the amplitude of the nictitating membrane reflex… 
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1991
Highly Cited
1991
Selective involvement of the spinal trigeminal nucleus in the conditioned nictitating membrane reflex of the rabbit
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1990
Highly Cited
1990
Classical conditioning of the eyeblink reflex in the decerebrate-decerebellate rabbit
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1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cerebellar lesions and the nictitating membrane reflex: performance deficits of the conditioned and unconditioned response
  • J. Welsh, J. Harvey
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official…
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 8054954
Unilateral cerebellar lesions abolished the occurrence of ipsilateral conditioned nictitating membrane responses during the 285… 
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1983
Highly Cited
1983
Effects of scopolamine and methylscopolamine on classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response.
Classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response was accomplished by presenting tone- and light-conditioned… 
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1978
Highly Cited
1978
Identification of pyramidal cells as the critical elements in hippocampal neuronal plasticity during learning.
The activity of single neurons recorded from rabbit hippocampus during classical conditioning of the nictitating membrane reflex… 
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1971
Highly Cited
1971
Effects of auditory stimuli on the amplitude of the nictitating membrane reflex of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
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