Effect of Deafferentation on a Conditioned Avoidance Response
- 10 October 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 128 (3328) , 842-843
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.128.3328.842
Abstract
To determine whether peripheral afferent pathways could be bypassed in the performance of purposive movement, a group of monkeys was trained to avoid shock by flexing a forelimb in response to an auditory stimulus. The dorsal roots of the responding limb were then sectioned. Postoperatively it was found that the affected limb could be reconditioned.Keywords
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