The acoustic startle response in rats - Circuits mediating evocation, inhibition and potentiation

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 35-49

  Koch, Michael ^a   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Caudal pontine reticular nucleus; Fear; Habituation; Prepulse inhibition; Reward

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STARTLE RESPONSE; ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEAR; HABITUATION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0031413506     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)02296-1     Document Type: Article

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