Cholinergic modulation of the acoustic startle response in the caudal pontine reticular nucleus of the rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-107

  Fendt, Markus ^a   Koch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acoustic startle response; Carbachol; Prepulse inhibition; Rat; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SCOPOLAMINE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032967025     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00156-9     Document Type: Article

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