Use of a modified prepulse inhibition paradigm to assess complex auditory discrimination in rodents

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Fitch, R Holly ^a   Threlkeld, Steven W ^a   McClure, Melissa M ^b   Peiffer, Ann M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic discrimination; Oddball paradigm; Reflex modification; Sensory threshold; Startle reduction

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; MOTIVATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 41449107081     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.07.013     Document Type: Review

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