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Volume 21 Issue 5, May 2018

Locomotion modulates associative learning

Albergaria, Carey and colleagues show that locomotor activity improves associative learning in mice through mechanisms that act on the mossy fiber pathway within the cerebellum. The cover image incorporates references to Pavlov’s original classical conditioning experiments, within a cerebellar landscape.

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Image: Gil Costa. Cover Design: Erin Dewalt.

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