Role of the substantia nigra pars reticulata in sensorimotor gating, measured by prepulse inhibition of startle in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 153-162

  Koch, Michael ^a,c   Fendt, Markus ^a   Kretschmer, Beate D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Abteilung Neuropharmakologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Basal ganglia; Caudate putamen; Locomotion; Nucleus accumbens; Prepulse inhibition; Schizophrenia; Stereotypy

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHYL 5 PHOSPHONO 3 PENTENOIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMPHETAMINE; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHACLOFEN; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SNIFFING; STARTLE REFLEX; STEREOTYPY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0034694910     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00299-0     Document Type: Article

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