Short-term and long-term habituation of the acoustic startle response as a function of stimulus rise time in rats

Psychobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 402-414

  Pilz, Peter K D ^a   Leaton, Robert N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032758937     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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