Sex differences in the acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition in Wistar rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 113-117

  Lehmann, Julia ^a   Pryce, Christopher R ^a   Feldon, Joram ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Prepulse inhibition; Rat model; Sensorimotor gating; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; SEX FACTORS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032874481     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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