Enhancement of prepulse inhibition after blockade of GABA activity within the superior colliculus

Brain Research

Volumn 833, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Fendt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; GABA; Picrotoxin; Prepulse inhibition; Rat; Schizophrenia; Sensorimotor gating; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0033606415     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01525-5     Document Type: Article

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