Opposite effects of tetanic stimulation of the auditory thalamus or auditory cortex on the acoustic startle reflex in awake rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1943-1956

  Huang, Juan ^a   Wu, Xihong ^a   Yeomans, John ^b   Li, Liang ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory association cortex; Fear potentiation of startle; GABAB receptor; Lateral amygdala; Medial geniculate nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTION; FEAR; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; THALAMUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 18844379444     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04030.x     Document Type: Article

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