Electrical stimulation of the amygdala increases the amplitude of elicited ponto-geniculo-occipital waves

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-124

  Deboer, Tom ^a   Ross, Richard J ^b,c   Morrison, Adrian R ^a,b   Sanford, Larry D ^a  

^a Sch Vet M   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Amygdala; Electrical stimulation; Elicited PGO waves

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PONTOGENICULOOCCIPITAL WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0032891644     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(98)00281-9     Document Type: Article

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