The superior olivary complex is necessary for the full expression of the acoustic but not tactile startle response in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-188

  Wagner, Thomas ^a   Pilz, Peter K D ^a   Fendt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Auditory; Brainstem; Caudal pontine reticular nucleus; Sensorimotor; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX ARC; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STARTLE REFLEX; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IBOTENIC ACID; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STARTLE REACTION; TOUCH;

EID: 0033961947     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00146-1     Document Type: Article

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