Vlastislav Bracha
PhD
Research Focus & Interests
Behavioral neuroscience and neurophysiological mechanisms of learning, memory and movement control.
Selected Publications
- Zbarska S, Bloedel JR, Bracha V. Cerebellar dysfunction explains the extinction-like abolition of conditioned eyeblinks after NBQX injections in the inferior olive. J Neurosci , 2008, 28(1): 10-20. PDF
- Zbarska S, Holland EA, Bloedel JR, Bracha V. Inferior olivary inactivation abolishes conditioned eyeblinks: extinction or cerebellar malfunction? Behav Brain Res , 2007, 178 : 128-38. PDF
- Nilaweera WU, Zenitsky GD, Bracha V. Inactivation of cerebellar output axons impairs acquisition of conditioned eyeblinks. Brain Res , 2006, 1122 : 143-53. PDF
- Nilaweera WU, Zenitsky GD, Bracha V. Inactivation of the brachium conjunctivum prevents extinction of classically conditioned eyeblinks. Brain Res , 2005, 1045 : 175-84 . PDF
- Aksenov D, Serdyukova N, Bloedel J, Bracha V. Glutamate neurotransmission in the cerebellar interposed nuclei: Involvement in classically conditioned eyeblinks and neuronal activity. J Neurophysiol , 2005, 93 : 44-52. PDF
- Aksenov D, Serdyukova N, Irwin K, Bracha V. GABA neurotransmission in the cerebellar interposed nuclei: Involvement in classically conditioned eyeblinks and neuronal activity. J Neurophysiol, 2004, 91: 719-27. PDF
- Shimansky Y, Wang JJ, Bauer RA, Bracha V, Bloedel JR, On-line compensation for perturbations of a reaching movement is cerebellar dependent: support for the task dependency hypothesis. Exp Brain Res, 2004, 155: 156-72. PDF
- Bracha V, Role of the cerebellum in eyeblink conditioning. Prog Brain Res, 2004, 143: 331-9. PDF
- Bracha V, Nilaweera W, Zenitsky G, Irwin K. Video recording system for the measurement of eyelid movements during classical conditioning of the eyeblink response in the rabbit. J Neurosci Methods, 2003, 125:173-81. PDF