Amygdala kindling does not change emotional responding as measured by the acoustic startle response in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 733, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-202

  Ebert, Ulrich ^a   Koch, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Basolateral nucleus; Carbamazepine; Epilepsy; Limbic system

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KINDLING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0030590519     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)83598-0     Document Type: Article

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