Involvement of the medial geniculate body in prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^a   Ericson, Mia ^a   Svensson, Lennart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Medial geniculate body; Prepulse inhibition; Rat; Schizophrenia; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; GABA AGONISTS; GENICULATE BODIES; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032900446     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050824     Document Type: Article

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