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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]
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2009
2009
Somatosensory eye blink reflex in peripheral facial palsy.
To investigate the association between somatosensory blink reflex (SBR) and peripheral facial palsy (PFP) severity and trigeminal… (More)
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1992
1992
Changes in the motor pattern of learned and unlearned responses following cerebellar lesions: a kinematic analysis of the nictitating membrane reflex.
Kinematic and dynamic analyses were employed to study the effects of cerebellar lesions on conditioned and unconditioned… (More)
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1992
1992
Increases in excitability of neurons of the motor cortex of cats after rapid acquisition of eye blink conditioning.
Measurements were made of resting potentials, input resistance, and excitability to intracellularly applied, depolarizing current… (More)
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1992
1992
Muscle activity during unconditioned and conditioned eye blinks in the rabbit.
EMGs were recorded from the orbicularis oculi, retractor bulbi and superior rectus muscles in rabbits to investigate the time… (More)
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1991
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… (More)
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1990
1990
Classical conditioning of the eyeblink reflex in the decerebrate-decerebellate rabbit.
The purpose of these experiments was to test the hypothesis that a conditioned nictitating membrane reflex can be acquired in… (More)
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1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cerebellar lesions and the nictitating membrane reflex: performance deficits of the conditioned and unconditioned response.
Unilateral cerebellar lesions abolished the occurrence of ipsilateral conditioned nictitating membrane responses during the 285… (More)
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1983
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… (More)
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1981
1981
Effects of haloperidol and pimozide on classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response.
Classical conditioning of the nictitating membrane response of the rabbit was accomplished by presenting tone and light… (More)
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1978
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… (More)
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