Expression of the startle reaction in rats genetically predisposed towards different types of defensive behavior

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-325

  Popova, N K ^a   Barykina, N N ^a   Plyusnina, T A ^a   Alekhina, T A ^a   Kolpakov, V G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Catalepsy; Defensive aggression; Genetically determined behavior; Reflex shuddering

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATALEPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX;

EID: 0033839050     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02471785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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