Cellular mechanisms of the trigeminally evoked startle response

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1438-1444

  Schmid, Susanne ^a   Simons, Nadine S ^a   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caudal pontine reticular formation; Homosynaptic depression; Paired pulse facilitation; Rat; Summation; Tactile startle; Trigeminal afferents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FACILITATION; GIANT NERVE CELL; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; STARTLE REFLEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN STEM; CARBOCYANINES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STARTLE REACTION; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VALINE;

EID: 0038029756     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02565.x     Document Type: Article

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