Fear-potentiated startle in two strains of inbred mice

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 855-861

  Falls, William A ^a   Carlson, Stephanie ^a   Turner, Jeremy G ^a   Willott, James F ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; STARTLE REFLEX; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030788351     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.4.855     Document Type: Article

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