Methods
Lesion: electrolytic & neurochemical (spares fibers of passage)
Inference of function through dysfunctionActivation: electrical and neurochemical
Mimicry/substitutionRecord activity (cellular and regional)
Advantages of the eyeblink paradigm
Brainstem and cerebellum
Necessary and sufficient for delayed conditioningNeural systems
US pathway (from trigeminal n.)
Reflex pathways (reticular formation and cranial motor n.)
Teaching pathway (inferior olive, interpositus n., climbing fibers, and cerebellar cortex)
CS pathway (from auditory n.)
From pontine n. to interpositus n. and cerebellar cortex (via mossy fibers)
Convergence
Mossy fibers to parallel fibers w/radiating projections
Climbing fibers interact with Purkinje cells
Determines CS-R pathway strengthened
Inhibition of inferior olive and blocking
Amygdala and emotion
Anatomy
Role in fear (Fanselow, LeDoux)
US pathways
CS pathways
Convergence within the basolateral amygdala
Memory consolidation (McGaugh)Appetitive conditioning and attention (Holland and Gallagher)
Impact of anterior basolateral lesions on second-order conditioning
Impact of central nucleus lesions on increments in associability