Auditory startle response is diminished in rats after recovery from perinatal copper deficiency

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 618-627

  Prohaska, Joseph R ^a   Hoffman, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic startle; altered behavior; brain regions; copper deficiency; rats

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER DEFICIENCY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0029968523     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.3.618     Document Type: Article

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