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Learning of Leg Position in Chronic Spinal Rats

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Is the brain necessary for learning ? Pavlov1 concluded that the cortex is essential for conditioning; yet Culler and Mettler2 reported conditioning a decorticate dog, while Shurrager et al.3–5 report having conditioned dogs and cats caudal to spinal cord transections. Franzisket6,7 believes that it is possible to condition the withdrawal reflexes of spinal frogs.

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BUERGER, A., FENNESSY, A. Learning of Leg Position in Chronic Spinal Rats. Nature 225, 751–752 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225751a0

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