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Neuronal responses in area 7 of the cat cortex during defensive conditioning

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Responses of neurons in area 7 of the parietal association cortex during and after formation of a defensive conditioned reflex to sound were recorded in waking cats. Changes in spike responses of the neurons as a result of the onset of conditioned reflex limb movements were observed in 68% of neurons. Spike responses of neurons formed as a result of learning appeared only if conditioned-reflex limb movements appeared, and they were not observed if, for some reason or other, movements were absent after presentation of the positive conditioned stimulus or on extinction of the reflex. Responses of 46% neurons to conditioned stimulation preceded the conditioned-reflex motor responses by 50–450 msec. The remaining responding neurons were recruited into the response after the beginning of movement. Characteristic spike responses of neurons to the conditioned stimulus appeared 500–900 msec before the beginning of movement and, in the case of appearance of special, "prolonged" motor responses of limb withdrawal, evoked by subsequent reinforcing stimulation.

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A. A. Bogomolets Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 580–588, November–December, 1983.

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Busel', B.I. Neuronal responses in area 7 of the cat cortex during defensive conditioning. Neurophysiology 15, 424–431 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066116

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