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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For his pioneering application of the method of reversible cooling inactivation of regions of neural tissue to localize a memory trace in the mammalian brain.

Overview

David G. Lavond is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their work focuses on scientific research within academic settings, although specific details regarding main fields of study, subfields, or topics of research are not provided.

Throughout their career, no recent papers, frequent co-authors, or common publication venues have been documented. Similarly, there are no listed book publications or further details about the subjects studied.

David G. Lavond has been recognized with the Troland Research Award from the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1994. This award was given for the pioneering application of the method of reversible cooling inactivation of regions of neural tissue to localize a memory trace in the mammalian brain.

Best Publications

  • Classical conditioning in rabbits using pontine nucleus stimulation as a conditioned stimulus and inferior olive stimulation as an unconditioned stimulus.

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • Effects of lesions of cerebellar nuclei on conditioned behavioral and hippocampal neuronal responses

    Gregory A. Clark;David A. McCormick;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • Initial localization of the memory trace for a basic form of learning

    David A. McCormick;Gregory A. Clark;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • The engram found? Role of the cerebellum in classical conditioning of nictitating membrane and eyelid responses

    David A. Mccormick;David G. Lavond;Gregory A. Clark;Ronald E. Kettner

  • Reversible lesions of the cerebellar interpositus nucleus during acquisition and retention of a classically conditioned behavior.

    Robert E. Clark;Andrew A. Zhang;David G. Lavond

  • Mammalian brain substrates of aversive classical conditioning.

    David G. Lavond;Jeansok J. Kim;Richard F. Thompson

  • Acquisition of classical conditioning without cerebellar cortex.

    David G. Lavond;Joseph E. Steinmetz

  • Classical conditioning of the rabbit eyelid response with a mossy-fiber stimulation CS: I. Pontine nuclei and middle cerebellar peduncle stimulation.

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;Daniel J. Rosen;Paul F. Chapman;David G. Lavond

  • Trace conditioning: abolished by cerebellar nuclear lesions but not lateral cerebellar cortex aspirations.

    Diana S. Woodruff-Pak;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • Effect of kainic acid lesions of the cerebellar interpositus nucleus on eyelid conditioning in the rabbit.

    D.G. Lavond;T.L. Hembree;R.F. Thompson

  • Initial Localization of the Acoustic Conditioned Stimulus Projection System to the Cerebellum Essential for Classical Eyelid Conditioning

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;Christine G. Logan;Daniel J. Rosen;Judith K. Thompson

  • Reacquisition of classical conditioning after removal of cerebellar cortex

    D. G. Lavond;J. E. Steinmetz;M. H. Yokaitis;R. F. Thompson

  • Effect of bilateral lesions of the dentate and interpositus cerebellar nuclei on conditioning of heart-rate and nictitating membrane/eyelid responses in the rabbit.

    D.G. Lavond;J.S. Lincoln;D.A. McCormick;R.F. Thompson

  • Concomitant classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane and eyelid responses: correlations and implications.

    David A. McCormick;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • Classical conditioning in 3-, 30-, and 45-month-old rabbits: behavioral learning and hippocampal unit activity.

    Diana S. Woodruff-Pak;David G. Lavond;Christine G. Logan;Richard F. Thompson

  • Reversible lesions of the red nucleus during acquisition and retention of a classically conditioned behavior in rabbits.

    Robert E. Clark;David G. Lavond

  • Neuronal responses of the rabbit brainstem during performance of the classically conditioned nictitating membrane (NM)/eyelid response.

    David A. McCormick;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • Are eyeblink responses to tone in the decerebrate, decerebellate rabbit conditioned responses?

    Alan F. Nordholm;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

  • Role of the nuclei in eyeblink conditioning.

    David G. Lavond

  • Classical conditioning of the rabbit eyelid response with mossy fiber stimulation as the conditioned stimulus

    Joseph E. Steinmetz;David G. Lavond;Richard F. Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard F. Thompson
Richard F. Thompson University of Southern California
Joseph E. Steinmetz
Joseph E. Steinmetz The Ohio State University
David A. McCormick
David A. McCormick University of Oregon
Robert E. Clark
Robert E. Clark University of California, San Diego
Kimberly M. Christian
Kimberly M. Christian University of Pennsylvania
Jeansok J. Kim
Jeansok J. Kim University of Washington
Michael D. Mauk
Michael D. Mauk The University of Texas at Austin
Theodore W. Berger
Theodore W. Berger University of Southern California
Diana S. Woodruff-Pak
Diana S. Woodruff-Pak Temple University
Barbara J. Knowlton
Barbara J. Knowlton University of California, Los Angeles

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