Stimulus specificity in the habituation of the startle response in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 516-525

  Vogel, Edgar H ^a   Wagner, Allan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habituation; Rat; Startle response; Stimulus specificity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27744531469     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.08.042     Document Type: Article

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