Effects of bilateral electrical stimulation of the ventral pallidum on acoustic startle

Brain Research

Volumn 836, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 164-172

  Li, Liang ^a   Fulton, James D ^a   Yeomans, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Amygdala; Electrical stimulation; Inferior colliculus; Interstimulus interval; Prepulse inhibition; Ventral pallidum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; MALE; NOISE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0033620901     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01651-0     Document Type: Article

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