Changes of the acoustic startle reflex in rats with radiation-induced hippocampal lesion

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-176

  Błaszczyk, Janusz W ^a   Walasek, Grazyna ^a   Woźnicka, Agnieszka ^a   Seress, László ^b  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Hippocampus; Irradiation; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EMOTION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPLASIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0345426352     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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