Neurophysiological Research Supporting the Investigation of Adaptive Network Architectures

Abstract

Research demonstrated that rates of learning of a conditioned eyeblink response in cats could be significantly accelerated by adding electrical stimulation of the hypothalamic region of the brain at the appropriate time interval in relation to the conditioning stimuli. This learning model was extended to obtain rapid conditioning of single cortical neurons. Changes in currents in the conditioned cells were detected using the single electrode voltage clamp technique. Long lasting increases in input resistance and excitability similar to those produced by acetylcholine were found after applications of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase and cGMP. Keywords: Conditioning stimuli; Conditioning cortical neurons; Acetylcholine. (aw/mjm

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA199878

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Woody

Organizations

  • University of California

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Birds
  • Brain
  • Cells
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Health Services
  • Information Processing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neurons
  • Neurosciences
  • Peripheral Nervous System

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
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  • Neural Network Machine Learning.