Involvement of the human cerebellum during habituation of the acoustic startle response: A PET study

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 771-773

  Timmann, Dagmar ^a,b   Musso, Christina ^d   Kolb, Florian P ^c   Rijntjes, Michel ^d   Jüptner, Markus ^a   Müller, Stefan P ^b   Diener, Hans Christoph ^a   Weiller, Cornelius ^d  

^a Department of Neurology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Habituation; Positron emission tomography; Startle response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

EID: 0031790893     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.5.771     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Lavond DG, Kim JJ, Thompson RF. Mammalian brain Substrates of aversive classical conditioning. Annual Review of Psychology 1993;44:317-42.
2. Bloedel JR, Bracha V. On the cerebellum, cutaneomuscular reflexess, movement control and the elusive engrams of memory [review]. Behav Brain Res 1995;68:1-44.
3. Woodruf-Pak D. Classical conditioning. International Review of Neurobiology 1997;41:341-66
4. Timmann D, Kolb FP, Baier C, et al. Cerebellar activation during classical conditioning of the human flexion reflex: a PET-study. Neuroreport 1996;7:2056-60.
5. Brown P, Rothwell JC, Thompson PD, et al. New observations on the normal auditory startle reflex in man. Brain 1991;114:1891-902.
6. Leaton RN, Supple WF. Cerebellar vermis: essential for long-term habituation of the acoustic startle response. Science 1986;232:513-5.
7. Leaton RN, Supple WF. Medial cerebellum and long-term habituation of acoustic startle in rats. Behav Neurosci 1991; 105:804-16.
8. Lopiano L, De'Sperati C, Montarolo PG. Long-term habituation of the acoustic startle response: role of the cerebellar vermis. J Neurosci 1990;35:79-84.
9. Talairach J, Tournoux P. Co-planar stereotaxic atlas of the human brain. New York: Thieme, 1988.
10. Friston KJ, Holmes AP, Worsley KJ, et al Statistical parametric maps in functional imaging: a general approach. Human Brain Mapping 1995;2:189-210.
11. Leaton RN, Cassella JV, Borszcz GS. Short term and long term habituation of acoustic startle response in chronic decerebrate rats. Behav Neurosci 1985;99:901-12.
12. MacKay WA, Murphy JT. Cerebellar modulation of reflex gain. Prog Neurobiol 1979;13:361-417.
13. Eccles JC, Nicoll RA, Rantucci T, et al. Topographic studies on medial reticular nucleus. J Neurophysiol 1976;39:109-18.
14. Kolb FP, Rubia FJ, Bauswein E. Comparative analysis of Cerebellar unit discharge patterns in the decerebrate cat during passive movements. Exp Brain Res 1987;68:219-33.
15. Supple WF, Leaton RN. Lesions of the cerebellar vermis and cerebellar hemispheres: effect on heart rate conditioning in rats. Behav Neurosci 1990:104:934-47.