| Title | The inferior olive is essential for long-term maintenance of a simple motor skill. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Chen, XY, Wang, Y, Chen, Y, Chen, L, Wolpaw, J |
| Journal | Journal of neurophysiology |
| Volume | 116 |
| Pagination | 1946–1955 |
| Date Published | Oct |
| ISSN | 1522-1598 |
| Abstract | The inferior olive (IO) is essential for operant down-conditioning of the rat soleus H-reflex, a simple motor skill. To evaluate the role of the IO in long-term maintenance of this skill, the H-reflex was down-conditioned over 50 days, the IO was chemically ablated, and down-conditioning continued for up to 102 more days. H-reflex size just before IO ablation averaged 62(±2 SE)% of its initial value (P |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27535367 |
| DOI | 10.1152/jn.00085.2016 |
