Comparison of two sensitization paradigms of the acoustic startle response in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-63

  Pilz, P K D ^a   Linke, R ^b   Yilmazer Hanke, D M ^b   Schwegler, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Fear; Genetic differences; Habituation; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SHOCK; STARTLE REFLEX; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033023697     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021442006821     Document Type: Article

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