Effect of nonaversive and aversive stimulations in infancy on the acoustic startle response in adult rats

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-14

  Błaszczyk, Janusz W ^a   Tajchert, Katarzyna ^a   Werka, Tomasz ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Handling; Rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CHILD GROWTH; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; FEAR; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0344076111     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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