Latent inhibition of fear potentiated startle in rats

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-178

  Schauz, C ^a   Koch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Amphetamine; Fear; Latent inhibition; Rat; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; LATENCY PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0031924475     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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