Critical Role of The Interpositus Nucleus
Professor Richard F. Thompson and his colleagues initially identified the cerebellum as the essential structure for learning and executing eyeblink CRs. Some scientists think that the Interpositus nucleus is the site critical to learning, retaining, and executing the conditioning blink response.
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