Effects of nicotine on the acoustic startle reflex amplitude in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 244-248

  Acri, Jane B ^a   Grunberg, Neil E ^a   Morse, David E ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Nicotine; Rat; Reflex; Sensorimotor reactivity; Startle

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STARTLE REACTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0025810831     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02244186     Document Type: Article

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