Light-enhanced startle: Further pharmacological and behavioral characterization

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 304-310

  Walker, David L ^a   Davis, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benzodiazepine; Chlordiazepoxide; Fear; Handling; Light; Propranolol; Startle

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEAR; LIGHT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DARKNESS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LIGHTING; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0036169780     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130100913     Document Type: Article

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