Shock sensitization of startle in the developing rat

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 282-291

  Richardson, Rick ^a   Vishney, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Rats; Shock sensitization; Startle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; FREEZING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIZATION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGING; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0034053801     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(200005)36:4<282::AID-DEV3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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