Aging effects on the startle response and startle plasticity in Fischer F344 rats

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-251

  Varty, G B ^a   Hauger, R L ^a   Geyer, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Fear potentiated startle; Habituation; Prepulse inhibition; Rat; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HABITUATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; FEAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0031855242     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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