The acoustic startle response in inbred Roman high- and low-avoidance rats

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 579-582

  Schwegler, H ^a   Pilz, P K D ^b   Koch, M ^b   Fendt, M ^b   Linke, R ^a   Driscoll, P ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Amygdala; Roman high and low avoidance rats; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STARTLE REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ROMAN;

EID: 0031415817     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021465217299     Document Type: Article

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