Effects of buspirone and alprazolam treatment on the startle-potentiated startle response

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 146-151

  Commissaris, Randall L ^a   Fomum, Elizabeth A ^a   Leavell, Bonita J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Alprazolam; Buspirone; Classical conditioning; Extinction; Fear potentiated startle; Startle potentiated startle

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BUSPIRONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; LIGHT; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALPRAZOLAM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BUSPIRONE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 2542460194     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20006     Document Type: Article

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