The acoustic startle reflex: neurons and connections

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 301-314

  Yeomans, John S ^a   Frankland, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cochlear nucleus; Collision; Conduction time; Giant neuron; Reticular formation; Reticulospinal; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CAT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; STARTLE REFLEX; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RETICULAR FORMATION; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0029555859     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0173(96)00004-5     Document Type: Review

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